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OS/2 NEWS: Four Warp preload agreements in Eastern Europe
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (tsipple@vnet.IBM.COM)
Thu Dec 21 19:08:26 1995
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1995 12:27:45 GMT
From: tsipple@vnet.IBM.COM
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Submitted by: Timothy F. Sipples (tsipple@vnet.ibm.com)
Source: Timothy F. Sipples (tsipple@vnet.ibm.com)
Date received: 1995 December 15
Date posted: 1995 December 16
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Four PC manufacturers in Russia and Poland have signed OS/2 Warp preload
contracts. Three of the top five Russian manufacturers, R-Style
Computers, Stins Coman Corporation, and Formoza, and Vobis Microcomputer
of Poland all made preload announcements within the last month.
"We are pleased with the overwhelming success of OS/2 Warp in Eastern
Europe," said Dan Lautenbach, IBM vice president, Emerging Markets and
OEM Sales. "These companies account for a significant portion of the
Russian operating system market. In addition, Vobis Microcomputer in
Poland adds to the worldwide momentum of OS/2 Warp."
R-Style Computers has committed to make the English-language version of
OS/2 Warp available as a preload on at least 95 percent of the company's
hardware, and will begin using the Russian-language version when it is
available.
IBM and R-Style will participate in joint marketing activities, and IBM
will provide R-Style specialists with technical training. The company
shipped 24,000 PCs in 1994 and expects more than 40,000 shipments in
1995. R-Style estimates that the addition of OS/2 Warp will boost 1996
sales figures by 7-10 percent.
Stins Coman will begin preloading Russian-language OS/2 Warp on 30
percent of the company's products in December. The demand for OS/2 from
corporate customers and the public sector strongly influenced Stins
Coman's decision to preload OS/2 Warp, said the company's president,
Sergey Anisimov.
Stins Coman is also launching an advertising campaign highlighting the
availability of Stins Coman computers preloaded with OS/2 Warp. The
Stins Coman Corporation anticipates PC sales of $26 million in 1995 and
has a target of $45-50 million in 1996.
Formoza, the second largest Russian OEM, plans to preload 14,400
machines with Russian-language PC DOS in the next 12 months and 12,000
machines with OS/2 Warp, including 2,400 machines with the OS/2 Warp
Connect English-language version. The company shipped approximately
20,000 PCs in 1994 and expects shipments of 50,000 by the end of this
year.
Half of all Vobis 486 and Pentium class computers will be preinstalled
with the Polish version of OS/2 Warp. "Vobis consistently aims to offer
state-of-the-art systems that are tailored to the needs of our
customers" said Danusz Pietraszkiewicz, Vobis Microcomputer country
manager. "Beyond doubt, many of our customers find OS/2 to be their
preferred operating system, so the number of OS/2 users is rapidly
growing."
