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The official release of SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) 1.0.1 for OS/2 is available for download from my homepage:

http://www.quasarbbs.com/yuri

News:

• changed runtime to EMX 0.9D
  
• fixed: find-scanner should now work correctly.
  
• fixed: now UMAX 610S works.
  
• added: how to compile instructions.
  

Symantec has updated IBM AV to AV30DX one day after releasing DW. This update now detects W97.JulyKiller and VBS.Freelink.

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ibm/index.html

I've just experimented with a very new PCI modem from ACTIONTEC. It is a real modem, NOT a software, winmodem, hsp, etc. psuedo modem emulator. It works in DOS, OS2, LINUX, W3.x, W9x, etc. It was simple to install and I had NO problems except for PCI slot oversight in my haste to install. On my system, the PCI slots have various IRQ's and I installed the modem in a PCI slot with IRQ=5; a conflict with my soundcard. I just switched PCI slots to IRQ=11 and all was OK. Detail info on this modem is at:

http://www.actiontec.com/products/modems/cwi/index.html

Version 5.d of DreckBak for OS/2 has been uploaded to my site, as well as Hobbes, BMT, and others. Full German Language version will be posted in a few days. Documentation now also in INF format. Refinements and enhancements.

Don't risk a hard drive crash with no reliable way to restore your system. You need no special devices or expensive software. DreckBak for OS/2 Hard Drive Backup/Restore Suite, only requires some space on a device that is seen by OS2 as a Drive Letter (f:). GREAT for removable media drives and large hard disks. Compression provided by Info-Zip, Two separate file integrity tests, full logging, multiple exclusion filters, full automation, great tech support, and smart-alec comments are just the beginning. See why Warp City suggests this program. ("a keeper.")

Available at the support site, BMT Micro, Hobbes, "Your local drug store...... It's from Kansas."

http://weismer.virtualave/DreckBak.html

German Docs available now at the URL above!

VyperHelp 1.05 is released. 1.05 has fixed several bugs in 1.04 and is now available for registration.

VyperHelp is a visual outliner and editor for creating online help for OS/2 and Windows-based systems. It generates IPF files, which can be compiled into OS/2-based HLP and INF files. It also generates WinHelp project source, including HPJ, CNT, RTF and HH files. A command-line conversion program is included, which allows conversion to and from OS/2 help and WinHelp, as well as RTF printable output.

The program allows a 30 day trial use period. During this period, it inserts promotional text at the end of each section. Registration is $49. For more information and download and ordering links, see:

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/mek/vyper.htm

I have found Savage3D / Savage4 OS/2 drivers version 6.10.05 posted on the IBM PC Company Website BBS. Since they are difficult to find with a file name of e51t01a.exe, I changed the name to s3d61005.zip and re-uploaded them to ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/incoming. They were posted earlier by a gentleman from Europe, but the file was incomplete.

I just found this in comp.os.os2.programmer.*

There are already some guys from OS/2 Netlabs supporting SciTech with SDD/2 so anyone else should support SciTech in doing this.

Adrian Gschwend
@ OS/2 Netlabs

---snip---

Hi all,

I wanted to let the OS/2 developer community know how they can foster the development of new, native OS/2 applications, including SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2.

wxWindows is a free, open source, cross platform C++ GUI framework (see http://www.wxwindows.org). wxWindows currently supports Windows 3.1/95/98/NT, Unix with GTK/Motif/Lesstif, with Mac, OS/2 and SciTech MGL versions underway.

SciTech Display Doctor's existing hard-coded Windows 9x user interface is now being re-written using wxWindows. This will enable users of OS/2 and other alternative operating systems to have the exact same, full featured user interface that SciTech offers its Windows customers.

Here is where you can help. In order to get the OS/2 support completed in a reasonable time frame, we need some OS/2 gurus to help out with the wxWindows OS/2 port. If you want to participate, please contact the lead developer of the wxWindows OS/2 port, David Webster (dwebster@bhmi.com).

wxWindows will make it a piece of cake for developers to support OS/2. wxWindows enables developers who favor OS/2 to support and develop in their favorite OS, while at the same time targeting other OSs to maximize their revenue potential.

The time is right for a solution like wxWindows because many developers are looking for ways to target Linux, Mac and other alternative operating systems to complement their Windows-based products. wxWindows allows developers not only to support all those operating systems, but OS/2 and others as well.

Thanks for your help!!

Regards,

Tom Ryan, Director of Marketing
Ph/FAX: 530-894-8400/530-894-9069
505 Wall Street
Chico, CA 95928

Email : TomR@nospam.scitechsoft.com
http://www.scitechsoft.com

IBM has released (7/1/99) MPTS 8620:

ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/mpts/fixes/english-us/wr08620/

The June survey "Which Office Suite do you use ?" has finished. OS2.org asked you which Office Suite you are using, and 402 users took part. Thank you very much. The majority of 58% is using StarOffice and and as second 27% are using Lotus Smartsuite. All others are far behind. You can take a look at the whole result in the Survey Archive.

Today we started a new survey, asking you "How long are you using OS/2 ?". We ask all of you to take part, and let this survey be as accurate as possible.

URL: http://en.OS2.org/forum/survey/

The OS2.org team wants to thank everybody supporting us in the last months. We are thankful for any help and comment we get, and of course for every visit you make at our pages.

OS2.org has reached the 100,000 pageviews mark in June 1999. This was possible by adding more and more features, you all requested. But we won't stop - no, we will enhance the pages more and more to fit your needs and wishes.

The latest enhancement is part of the news area. Now you can add a comment to any news.

We are looking forward to passing the next magic mark :-)

There was an article posted on WarpCast reference those nice people at Nvidia now supporting OS/2 with their TNT2 chipset. One word of warning though, at present the level of GRADD that the Nvidia driver seems to be based on doesn't give any option in the OS/2 System Notebook for setting refresh rates. Not so much of a problem if you're using this card on a smaller monitor with lower resolutions, but somewhat uncomfortable on the eyes at >1024x768 when you're stuck at 60Hz. On the plus side it's a very nice piece of hardware, quicker than my existing Matrox Millennium G200, but the 60Hz refresh may cause you problems.

I've released a version of GNU Emacs 20.3.1 for OS/2. It is available from Hobbes in the apps/editors/emacs/v20.3.1 directory.

[WarpCast Moderator's note: Emacs is a text editor popular in the Unix world.]

IRC Chat is another great way for Warpheads to stay in touch, learn about new advances in Warp-dom, and help each other with those occasional problems. The Southern California OS/2 Users Group hosts a Help Desk chat on Mondays at 7PM Pacific (GMT-7) and an Internet SIG on Wednesdays, on the #SCOUG channel of the webbnet system. See www.webbnet.org for details on connecting to their excellent system. SCOUG works closely with VOICE (www.os2voice.org) in supporting their excellent team. VOICE and SCOUG (www.scoug.com/chat) both have resources to help you get connected with the Warped World.

The #SCOUG channel will host a new meeting this Saturday at 8AM (1500 GMT) to try and get our European and Australian (yeah, it's late there, but the word here is you folks are pretty tough) friends online with us. We'll focus on operating system issues, including previews of the Warpicity project, which will be the subject of the VOICE Speakup meeting on July 12th. Hope you can make it.

dave@scoug.com
http://www.scoug.com/chat

Warp Expo West Update
July 2, 1999

In this issue:
Confirmed vendors
Warp Expo West Logo/Link
Presentation schedule & topics

Confirmed vendors

Vendors are beginning to sign up for the Warp Expo West. We're pleased to announce that we have already received confirmations from Sundial Systems, Warped Code Cellar, Klassic Specialties, and Demand Systems. The Warp Expo West committee would like to thank these vendors for their early support.

In future weeks we'll be posting a complete list of vendors on the web site as well as keeping you informed here.

Warp Expo West Logo/Link

We've added a page to the web site http://www.scoug.com/warpexpowest/linktous.html to provide a way for webmasters to link to our event page. Please consider supporting Warp Expo West by adding the logo to your web page and encouraging other webmasters to do the same.

Presentation schedule & topics

The Warp Expo West planning committee is currently working on the presentation schedule and presentation topics. If you have ideas or requests for presentations, please let us know by sending an email to rollin@scoug.com

If you have a presentation of your own that you'd like to propose (or know someone else who'd like to provide a presentation), please contact the email address above as well. We're always looking for input from the OS/2 community.

If you have any questions or comments about Warp Expo West, please do not hesitate to send them to rollin@scoug.com.

Gratefully,

The Warp Expo West Planning Committee

Just found this in USENET.

Information regarding which Fixtool (CSF) package to use with FP11:

===================================================

We couldn't get FT 1.41 out in time. Had a late problem, and later discovered that a component we use for version checking was re-built after our last build and took out the fix FixTool needed. When we rebuilt, we had back level code, so it delayed us.

In any case, FT 1.41 doesn't have any 'major' fixes in it with respect for FP 11, or FP 41. FT 1.40 will work fine with it as well. There were some changes needed for the LAN FP's that required FT 1.41. If you are using DISKETTES, I'd strongly suggest FT 1.41, it has diskette handling performance enhancement.

For some additional information, read the READ.ME file for the change brought into 1.41

Irv Spalten
FixTool owner, IBM OS/2 Fix Distribution.

===================================================

Don Eitner, author of The 13th Floor website and enthusiast of TrueSpectra's Photo>Graphics Pro for OS/2, today released another significant upgrade to his free, open-source PGPro Scripts. Version 3.0 includes a third REXX script for creating "star burst" effects as well as several feature enhancements and bug fixes from earlier versions.

PGPro Scripts v3.0 can be downloaded from:

http://www.tstonramp.com/~freiheit/PGPro_Scripts_30.zip

CHANGES IN V3.0
3DShadow.cwx - Fixed a bug where cancelling the script did not return the project to its original unit of measurement as well as a bug that allowed for 0 or 1 shadow instances, which would lead to an error.

GreetingCard.cwx - Now maintains user-defined color for card text. Also added option to emboss text.

Starburst.cwx - Creates a starburst within the current project in a user defined color. Can also size the starburst to sit snugly behind a selected text object.

Fixpak 11 for OS/2 Warp 4.0 has been released.

ftp://service.boulder.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/fixes/v4warp/english-us/xr_m011

[WarpCast Moderator's Note: The RSU version of the fixpack was, as of last night, buggy and would not install. For now, all interested parties should use the ftp site to retrieve the files and use one of the programs on the Hobbes ftp site (hobbes.nmsu.edu) that can automate the fixpack installation process.]

Hello to the whole OS/2-Group.

A few months ago I made a beta-test for SecureDesktop. The GA will be available in 4 weeks (german version), the english version will follow a week later.

SecureDesktop is modular security system which is based on IBMs SES-API-Framework (Securitiy Enabling Services) and therefore it will run with Warp3 + FP17 or Warp4.

What is SecureDesktop (SD):
SD contains six modules:

1. Multi-User Desktop: every user has his own desktop with folders, programs, icons, shadows, backgounds, ... Easy administration, 32 groups, password protection for each desktop
   
2. ClientLogon: Every user is - dependend on his rights - logged on the network
   
3. DistributedWPS: "The WPS goes with the User". For a user it is uninteresting where he will logon, he has always HIS WPS.
   
4. File/Directory-Protection: This module is under development. The reason is that I have to develop a filesystem but IBM did not send me any information about KPI until now.
   
5. TCP/IP-Package: WPS will distributed over TCP/IP, user dependend web-filters (like web-washer from Siemens)
   
6. RemoteLogon: Security on remote logon users
   

Licence fees (all prices in German Marks):
(*) For private users (up to 3 users ) it will be costfree (you will get a key for installing the package)
(*) For private users who need more:
10 user: DM 50,- (the whole package)
20 user: DM 100,- (the whole package)
(*) For commercial users:
10 user: DM 70,- (the whole package)
30 user: DM 210,- (the whole package)
no limit: DM 560,- (the whole package)

Where can you get it?
The package is delivered only on demand! Please send an email, postcard or what ever.

Also have a look at my homepage:

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/3792/index.html

IBM points to this link:

http://www.deja.com/[ST_cam=search.yahoo.none.slot]/rate/list_items.xp?CID=11997&PCID=11846

OS/2 Warp server is rated as the 2nd best NOS after Linux.

From the OS/2 ISP List, yet another new fixpack.

The following LAN FixPak has been released :

FixPak Number       Product                        Language

IP08412             OS/2 Warp 4.0 Peer             US-English

To access it :

ftp://service.boulder.ibm.com/ps/products/lan/fixes/ibm.peer/english-us/ip08412/

Vol. 1, No. 22
30 June 1999

Greetings!

Welcome to the 22nd issue of the WARPED WORLD OF OS/2!

WARPED WORLD OF OS/2 is being published weekly on a trial basis for approximately two months, at which time, a decision will be made whether or not to continue publishingly weekly on an indefinite basis or return to the previous schedule.

Note about Forums
Several of you have written about difficulties finding or posting to the new Delphi Forums. I have found it is often more reliable to go directly to the Delphi Login Page at http://www.delphi.com/ab-os2/start/ than to use the "Forum" link at the top of the site pages. You'll find more info at http://os2.about.com/mpremail.htm.

Happy Posting!

News
JAVA 1.1.8 PREVIEW
Preview the new Java that's even faster than the old!
http://os2.about.com/library/blnews.htm#news

TCP/IP 3.0 Y2K UPDATE
This version of TCP/IP (for Warp Connect) has received another update.
http://os2.about.com/library/blnews.htm#news

New Feature
INJOY - THE MODERN DIALLER, PART 3
The third and final installment of our current series on InJoy - The Modern Way to the Internet.

This week we finish constructing the Main Host and test dial your ISP. Then we use InJoy to configure two PC's into a two station LAN. You've GOT to read the article to see what you can do with that LAN!
http://os2.about.com/library/weekly/aa063099.htm

Links
AURORA, THE SERVER
A Review by Chris Wenham. From OS/2 e-Zine. An eminently fair review by a well-known fan of OS/2 that covers all the bases.
http://os2.about.com/library/blnews.htm#links

OS/2 WARP 4 MASTER UPDATE PAGE
Kevin Royalty's extremely useful page has a new home on the Super Site. Has links for the latest in OS/2 software and a bunch of tips and tricks.
http://os2.about.com/library/blnews.htm#links

Remember this is only a tiny fraction of the total material available on the entire site.

The Links and News is located at http://os2.about.com/library/blnews.htm.

The total material can be found at http://os2.about.com

IBM has updated the Device Driver Pack On-line again. A small update with additions to the Disk Adapters and Printers category notable. Here is the URL:

http://service.software.ibm.com/os2ddpak/html/index.htm

Guess what developers want on developerWorks next

Recently IBM's new developer portal [developerWorks] asked which technology should be featured next on the developerWorks site. Check out what was the runaway top pick!

http://www.software.ibm.com/developer/features/pollresults-newtechnologies.html

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IBM Developer Kit and Runtime Environment for OS2, Java Technology Edition, Version 1.1.8

You can now preview IBM's soon-to-be-released version 1.1.8 of the high-performance OS/2 Warp Developer Kit and Runtime Environment. Version 1.1.8 continues the stable, high-performance, compatible line of Java platforms for OS/2. Independent testing has demonstrated that IBM's Runtime Environments are the performance pacesetters and now version 1.1.8 raises the bar again.

http://www.software.ibm.com/os/warp/downloads/java/

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XML for C++ - UPDATED

New update for XML4C++ contains more platform support, better conformance to XML Spec(s), bug fixes and higher performance.

http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/xml4c

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IRC Client for Java - UPDATED

New features for embed1.40 that expires on 12/31/99, new update for irc1.40 that highlights URLs and automatically plays a selected text file in a chat room, and added text function for irc1.55. Read more for details.

http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/irc

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TeXML - UPDATED

New update that contains examples for the April 21 XSL working draft. Updated for Lotus XSL 0.17.2 and XML4J 2.0.11. TeXMLatte now outputs options and parms in document order

http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/texml

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LotusXSL - UPDATED

LotusXSL v0.17.2 supports the April 24 W3C XSLT Working Draft. This maintenance release is a bug fix only release.

http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/LotusXSL

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easySwing bean suite - NEW

The easySwing bean suite contains a set of components that extend commonly used Swing components, making them easier to use in visual programming environments

http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/ab.nsf/bean/easySwing

I just released version 2.99 of the DFSee utility wich includes the first step to a more friendly user-interface.

This text-based windowing system implements a command-line with a history buffer so previous commands can be recalled and edited easily.

Also, the output goes to a large scrollable window so you can page back and forth.

For those of you that don't know DFSee yet, DFSee is an FDISK, display, analysis and recovery tool for disks and filesystems.

Because of the targeted use for DFSee it is a command-line and text-only utility (no GUI). At the moment an OS/2, Win-NT and DOS (+ Win-95) version exist.

Version 2.99 also has some smaller functional updates and fixes several minor bugs.

I would very much like to hear some experiences you have with DFSee and the new user-interface, either positive or negative.

You can get DFSee from my web-site:

http://www.fsys.demon.nl

With some delay, it will be on HOBBES as well ...

I would like to announce the start of my consulting company:

C.S.E. Computer Services

We are a full service VAR specializing in Managed Client technology and CTI. We are a Serenity Systems Channel Partner. We sell solutions and services based on WiseManager and WiseTalker from Serenity Systems and also WorkSpace On Demand from IBM. Here is our contact information:

C.S.E. Computer Services
707 Old Corlies Ave.
Neptune, NJ 07753
(732)918-2480 voice and fax
cse@monmouth.com

http://www.monmouth.com/~cstumpf/cse.html

Just wanted to let everyone know that a new user group has been started online. You can visit and join the group at:

http://www.eGroups.com/group/os2users/

OS/2 Headquarters (http://www.os2hq.com/) has posted a product review of Stardock's "Links Golf for OS/2" version 1.5. The review is at:

http://www.os2hq.com/news/review3.htm

Version 1.5 has improved since the initial version 1.0 release to now merit the "HQ Approved" logo.

There is a new Version of FileBrowser

Description:
File Browser is a file manager with integrated web browser, graphic viewer, Netscape plug-in viewer and WPS support.

Status
   1.00 Beta 11

last details
   XML structure viewer    Text, hex viewer    Dir info (not 100% done)

FileBrowser is an IndOS/2 Project:

http://en.os2.org/projects/indos2/

IBM has re-updated the Y2K package for TCP/IP 3.0.

ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com
dir: /ps/products/tcpip/fixes/v3.0os2/year2000/

The file is marked, June 3 of this year.

Show your Support
Warpstock 99

The 3rd annual Warpstock show and celebration will be held in Atlanta, GA on October 16th and 17th, 1999 and V.O.I.C.E. (Virtual OS/2 International Consumer Eduaction) will again be present.

The 1998 show in Chicago was the 1st Warpstock Event that V.O.I.C.E. was involved in (as a group) and, frankly, we all had a blast. To show our support for this premier event, V.O.I.C.E. arranged for show discounts on Power Boot, the Boot Manager alternative, and we gave away 2 passes and 1 night in the hotel in a drawing held in a V.O.I.C.E. meeting in IRC.

This year, we are taking steps to further involve V.O.I.C.E. as an active supporter of Warpstock.

The Event Location announcement was made during a special V.O.I.C.E. Speakup in IRC back in March.

V.O.I.C.E. has already purchased an exhibition booth that comes with 2 passes, and 2 tickets to the Saturday evening Social Event "OS/2 Has Not Left The Building". One of these passes and party tickets will be given away in a drawing, along with 1 night in the Sheraton Gateway hotel during a special Speakup event to be held in July (You must be a V.O.I.C.E. member to be eligible for the drawing). The second pass and party ticket is reserved for another project.

Thanks to Timothy Sipples and IBM, V.O.I.C.E. will donate 1 copy of OS/2 Warp Server for e-Business to Warpstock to be used by the event committee in setting up the Warpstock Network Server at this and future Warpstock events.

V.O.I.C.E. has already announced a donation of $500.00 to Warpstock to be used for the Saturday evening party. It is our hope that this donation will help to offset the costs of the party and dinner, and free up funds that the Warpstock committee can put to use elsewhere in the event budget.

Now, here's where someone else can join with V.O.I.C.E. and show their support for Warpstock.

The "V.O.I.C.E./Warpstock Challenge"

We don't want to be the only OS/2 User Group supporting Warpstock. Warpstock is an event for ALL OS/2 users to come together to talk about and learn about OS/2 and OS/2 applications. So here's your chance to show your support for your favorite Operating System and the people who support it and develop for it.

We'd like to see at least one more group donate $500.00 to Warpstock to be used for the Saturday evening party. That would make a $1000.00 donation to help offset the cost of the social event, and free up $1000.00 to be used elsewhere in the Warpstock 99 Budget. Think of what that $1000.00 could be used for. Off the top of my head, I can envision a better and faster connection to the Internet for all exhibitors to make use of.

But wait .... it gets better!

If one more group will donate $500.00, V.O.I.C.E. will match that donation. That's a total of $1500.00 donated to Warpstock to help fund the Social Event. And a total of $1500.00 in the Warpstock Budget that can be used on something other than a party.

Please, join V.O.I.C.E. in co-sponsoring this event.

If you are interested in joining us, please e-mail me (Dan Casey) at:

abraxas@os2voice.org

Anyone in attendance last year, in Chicago, can attest to how much fun we all had. Anyone who missed it, well all I can say is "Don't miss this one"!

If you own a Diamond Rio portable MP3 player, you can now use OS/2 as your host system to upload, download, reorder, and otherwise modify your Rio's playlist. The file rio006-2.zip (at Hobbes in /pub/incoming, soon to be in /pub/os2/apps/mmedia/sound/util) contains a port of Ashpool's excellent Rio control program to OS/2.

More info on this utility, including a description of how the control protocol was determined, is available at http://www.world.co.uk/sba/rio.htm.

The latest release of the OS/2 benchmarking software, Sysbench, has been made available from http://warped.cswnet.com/Sysbench or from ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/benchmark.

Some small bugs have been fixed and various updates made to the processor detection code (P-III's and AMD K6-3's added for example).

ftp://ftp.stardivision.de/pub/support/so51/os2icci3/

4MB file, upgrade for existing Star Office 5.1 installations, brings it to the same level as the version currently available for download. This fix has been made available some time during the last 24 hours, afaik.

First of all : Thank you for your kind Responses.

Due to many E-Mails, I want to try to find out, what you, the OS/2 community thinks, what type of software grants the survival of OS/2 in the Future !

Please cast your Votes at:

http://www.os2-oss.de/observer/

The OS/2 Observer, Editor.

I have completed release 1.0 of Unisched, now finally with an English version of the documentation. Unisched is a scheduler software that can run actions in the case of events (time, file system, and others). Unisched is specially optimized for use in a Fidonet node environment and, being an OS/2 VIO application, might not be too attractive for non-Fido related persons. But nevertheless it has some features that other schedulers lack, so you might want to give it a try. Unisched can be obtained from:

ftp://ftp.bmtmicro.net/bmtmicro/unisch1a.zip

Well, I haven't sent anything out in quite a while so I thought I would drop everyone a line and say that I think everything's going pretty well for our little team. If you haven't looked lately, check out the team status at:

http://tally.distributed.net/rc5-64/

We're the #3 team overall and usually in the top 3 or 4 every day, which is impressive, most impressive. Unfortunately, it seems that some of the teams are managing to seriously outgrow us. Anandtech and Slashdot.Org are doubling our keyrate. Now, we can either roll over or we can take it as a challenge. Now, everyone go out and preorder a new 600 MHz AMD Athlon (formerly called the K7). Make that 2. :) OK, seriously though, tell all your friends about d.net and sign them up for Team Warped.

There are new projects coming down the pipe at d.net, and they're talking about a way to "normalize" the stats so that team participation will be measured across all projects. I think this is cool because it will allow us to keep the team together but will allow us to partipate in the project that we each find most rewarding.

Anyway, that's about it for now. No news on a PM version of the client. Perhaps someone with some PM programming experience and tools would like to write one?