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IBM NEWS: from "Warped News" 26 January
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mick Brown)
Thu Feb 8 10:59:01 1996
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: 7 Feb 1996 22:56:41 GMT
From: lfirrantello@BIX.com (Mick Brown)
Reply-To: msavio@vnet.ibm.com
Submitted by: msavio@vnet.ibm.com
Source: Warped News 26 Jan
Date sent: 1996 01 27
Date posted: 1996 02 07
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IBM SOLD RECORD NUMBERS OF OS/2 WARP AT END OF 1995
Total OS/2 sales now top 12 million worldwide. IBM sold one million OS/2 Warp
licenses in December bringing the total for OS/2 Warp to six million.
"We expected OS/2 Warp sales to rise after customers had a chance to try out
Windows 95," said Wally Casey, director of marketing and brand management for
IBM Personal Software Products. "December brought us proof of this when our
sales reached an all-time high, capping what we believe was a very successful
year for the OS/2 Warp family of products."
OS/2 customer Greg Bell, says, "After evaluating Windows 95, I'm not surprised
that OS/2 sales are up. "He followed up with, "In a business environment I'm
staying away from Windows 95 and sticking with OS/2."
Success of OS/2-compatible applications rose with sales of the operating
system. OS/2 developers like SPG Inc., WitchDesk Inc., PowerQuest and Computer
Data Strategies all experienced strong sales in the fourth quarter of 1995.
And Stardock System's OS/2-based Galactic Civilizations was voted Best Game of
1995 on the Internet PC Games Charts, a site on the Internet where computer
game players vote weekly on their favorite PC games.
IBM will capitalize on a successful 1995 by connecting computer users to each
other and the future with a comprehensive offering of OS/2-based products in
1996. The industry-acclaimed OS/2 Warp Server will simplify distributed
computing for businesses and workgroups of all sizes when it ships this
quarter.
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RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS INDICATE CONTINUED MOMENTUM FOR OS/2 WARP
In addition to the stellar December sales record for OS/2 Warp, 1995 marked
entire year of accomplishments.
Recent accomplishments from the OS/2 Warp team include:
-OS/2 WARP CONNECT: an operating system with connectivity features ideal for
PC users whether they work in small workgroups or in large enterprises.
-OS/2 WARP SERVER BETA: a beta that received widespread approval from the
industry and is right on track for a first quarter '96 shipment.
-DIRECTORY AND SECURITY SERVER BETA :when combined with OS/2 Warp Server
offers customers a solution that no other server OS currently provides.
-THE NEXT GENERATION OF OS/2 WARP - Development is continuing on this
exciting project targeted to arrive during 1996.
IBM intends to continue to gain market share with OS/2 Warp -- both as a
desktop or mobile client operating system as well as a server operating
system.
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