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IBM to Attend Warpstock '97
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Felix Cruz)
Thu Aug 7 09:17:24 1997
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Date: 07 Aug 1997 07:11:00 -0400
From: fcruz@softouch.com (Felix Cruz)
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Warpstock website: http://www.warpstock.org
405 947-8085 405 947-8169 (fax)
IBM to attend Warpstock '97
IBM presents long term OS/2(tm) Strategy to OS/2 Faithful
Oklahoma City, August 1, 1997 -- After a meeting with key members of the OS/2
Warpstock committee last week, representatives of the International Business
Machines Corporation (IBM) agreed to present their long term strategy for OS/2
at the 1997 OS/2 Warpstock convention. Commonly known as Warpstock '97, the
inaugural event will be held October 25-26, 1997, in Diamond Bar, California.
James Koerner, manager of IBM's Personal Software Products division, will be
on hand to address the audience and discuss the OS/2 Warp strategy, how
customers can take advantage of Warp to move quickly to network computing, and
why that is good for business.
"I'm pleased to have this opportunity to discuss our direction with this
group. I am looking forward to speaking on OS/2 Warp's strength as an
outstanding 100% pure Java development and deployment environment, Warp
Server's role as a premier internet server, and how Project Bluebird will put
our customers on the road to network computing," said Koerner.
On the show room floor, IBM representatives will demonstrate the latest
developments of Bluebird, code name for the upcoming operating system solution
that is targeted toward the emerging managed PC environment. Bluebird is
intended to help customers start the transition of the OS/2 Warp family of
products to network computing while still protecting their investments.
An off-floor discussion will also be provided to discuss the positioning of
Project Bluebird.
Warpstock '97 focuses on a segment of the computing market considered
essential to the long term health of OS/2 - the burgeoning small office/home
office (SOHO). "This market is growing faster than any other segment, and it
is more receptive to a marketing message which emphasizes the benefits of OS/2
- true preemptive multitasking, application crash protection, and rock solid
system operation", Koerner added.
Warpstock 97, a major conference for OS/2 small office/home office (SOHO) and
individual end-users, is an excellent forum for IBM, OS/2 SOHO and individual
users, and OS/2 independent software vendors to align with this market
segment's product requirements and to exchange ideas. The idea of an "OS/2
love-fest" was conceived as one result of The OS/2 Marketplace, a highly
successful OS/2 vendors conference sponsored by the Phoenix OS/2 Society
(POSSI).
Discussion about the event is ongoing on the internet's comp.os.os2.misc
newsgroup, on commerical on-line services, and with centralized discussion on
an Internet maillist. For more information, visit http://www.warpstock.org and
join the Warpstock listserv. To subscribe to the Warpstock listserv, send an
email to warpstock-request@warpstock.org with no subject and the words
"subscribe" in the message body.
Further announcements about Warpstock will be forthcoming as planning for the
event continues. Warpstock '97 is an ALL-VOLUNTEER effort; anyone committed to
promoting OS/2 is invited to sign up and volunteer their time and skills to
make Warpstock '97 a success. Volunteers should join the listserv to obtain
information on available slots.
OS/2 is a registered trademark of the International Business Machines Corp.
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Felix Cruz
SofTouch Systems
http://www.softouch.com
800 944 3028
405 947 8085
fcruz@softouch.com
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