[4240] in comp.os.os2.announce archive
VENDOR: Stardock News: July 1998
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brad Wardell)
Sat Jul 25 16:19:33 1998
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.mit.edu
Date: 25 Jul 1998 13:13:00 -0400
From: bwardell@[spam]stardock.com (Brad Wardell)
Reply-To: bwardell@[spam]stardock.com (Brad Wardell)
Reply-to: bwardell@[spam]stardock.com (Brad Wardell)
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* Stellar Frontier 0.86 Available!
* Troops Star Wars video hilarious
* New WindowFX available for Object Desktop Network (for Windows)
* Object Desktop Network now available on commerce server
* PlusPak: Themes now available on commerce server for $19.95
* Process Commander on sale for $39.95
* Object Desktop 2.0 for OS/2 news...
* Stellar Frontier 0.86 Available! *
The on-line game, Stellar Frontier is cranking along with the new release of
0.86. In Stellar Frontier, you command a star ship and must help your side
take over a star system against other players on the Internet.
If you have the beta, go to http://www.stardock.com and click on the update
link. If you don't have Stellar Frontier, you can order/download it at
http://www.outreach.com/cgi-bin/stardock
* Troops Star Wars video hilarious *
If you have a pretty good Internet connection, go to
http://www.theforce.net where you can see a Stars Wars take off on the
popular TV show "Cops". Probably the funniest thing I've seen on the
Internet since the Southpark video.
* New WindowFX Available *
If you're in the Object Desktop Network, you can now download the latest
version of WindowFX from Component Manager.
* Object Desktop network now available on commerce server *
Stardock has finally made the Object Desktop Network available for on-line
purchase and download.
Object Desktop Network makes Windows a much better OS to use just as Object
Desktop on OS/2 does for OS/2. A screen shot can be found at
http://www.stardock.com/products/odnt/odnt-1.jpg
The way the Object Desktop Network works is as follows:
You order and download Component Manager from the commerce server. Then,
when you've done that you're given a subscription ID. The subscription ID
is good for one year after OD Network goes gold (which is hasn't yet so you
will get it for more than a year). During that year, you get not only all
of the utilities (called components) already available in Object Desktop for
Windows but everything we come out with for an entire year. In short, it's
like buying a retail package and getting the upgrade for free. And people
can pick and choose which components they want. If you have a decent
Internet connection and have Windows 95/98 or Windows NT, check out Object
Desktop for Windows. You can order it from
http://www.outreach.com/cgi-bin/stardock and more information is available
at http://www.stardock.com/products/odnt/
* Process Commander now only $39.95 *
If you have OS/2, you should get Process Commander. Process Commander is
Stardock's solution to the SIQ issue on OS/2. When a program on OS/2 hangs,
it can cause the entire OS to hang. Process Commander integrates itself
into OS/2 in such a way that it is the single most reliable way to recover
from system hangs that is available. On top of that, Process Commander adds
some cool new features to OS/2 itself such as a "Shutdown and reboot"
option, a "Shutdown folder" (opposite of start up folder), a handy GUI for
monitoring processes and threads, and a ton of command line tools to make
creating powerful REXX scripts a snap.
Process Commander is one of the most popular OS/2 products of all time and
that was when it was priced at $69.95. For a limited time, it's now only
$39.95. Go to https://www.outreach.com/stardock/order_ship.html to take
advantage of this sale.
* PlusPak: Themes on sale for $19.95 *
A couple weeks ago Stardock began selling Links for OS/2 for only $19.95 off
the commerce server (and it's still there) and sales jumped through the
roof. Given that success, Stardock is trying the same thing with the
popular PlusPak: Themes product. As the name implies, PlusPak: Themes on
OS/2 allows you to change OS/2's icons in one swoop similar to themes on
Win95/98 does. But PlusPak: Themes can change over 130 icons on your
desktop and the icons are outstanding.
Check out these screen shots:
http://www.stardock.com/products/plus/plus2.jpg
http://www.stardock.com/products/plus/plus_1.jpg
And you're not limited to just the themes we create. With PlusPak: Themes
you can create a snapshot of your desktop's icons and distribute it to
others that have PlusPak: Themes installed. No more having to download 100
icons from hobbes or some other FTP site and individually implementing them.
There is a NeXTStep theme and a Windows NT theme available for free download
already on Stardock's website.
* Object Desktop 2.0 News *
Everyone's running around like a chicken with their head cut off today at
Stardock as the first major upgrade to its flagship OS/2 product nears its
first public beta. A ton of changes have been put into Object Desktop 2.0.
A lot of changes have been made under the covers to ensure Object Desktop is
more compatible for OS/2 users and faster. Other changes are very easy to
see due to the significant user interface changes. Coolest features in OD
2.0 include bringing in the viewers from Object Desktop Professional, Object
Netscan which can keep track of your internet performance (even on a LAN --
try that on NT accurately!), and a new super folder GUI that makes the OS/2
folder much more powerful and faster than before.
Check out: http://www.stardock.com/products/od20/ to read more on it.
You can still join the Object Desktop Early Experience Program by going to:
https://www.outreach.com/stardock/order_ship.html
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