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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, July 29, 2000
Oz of Prevention CMMS accessible through the internet, intranet or any assigned
TCP/IP address. Pittsburgh, PA - Ounce of Prevention Software, division of Aviar,
Inc. announced today that it is now possible for their CMMS, Oz of Prevention System
to be accessed and run through use of the internet, intranet or assigned TCP/IP
addresses.
The Oz. of Prevention System, a native OS/2 application, can now be accessed
and run through use of the internet, intranet or any assigned TCP/IP address regardless
of what operating platform is in use.
In the past, in order to run Oz, it was necessary to have the OS/2 operating
system installed on every computer from which the software would be run. With this
new breakthrough, a customer can purchase the turnkey system and be able to run
the system from other desktops as long as they are equiped with a java-enabled browser.
Virtually all browsers on the market today are java-enabled. This allows the customer
to do such things as run the Oz system from their home machine, from a second machine
in a different part of the facility or plant or from a second location, maybe to
check inventory or history, complete a work order or run and view, or perhaps print
a report. It also allows supervisory personnel to have access to the system even
if they are running a Windows, or some other non-OS/2 platform.
John Urbaniak, President of the company stated "This is a real breakthrough
- we are hearing more and more from customers that they want multiple users to have
access to the system - not really in a network situation, but just access - the
ability to go into the system, get some information and then go on with their jobs.
In today's world customers do not want to be tied to one workstation."
He went on to say "They also want the ability to check and see if a second
plant has a part in stock. Companies are always trying to find ways to be more cost-effective
and it makes sense if Plant A needs a part and Plant B has five sitting on the shelf,
because they got a very good deal on them, Plant A should be able to get one from
Plant B."
Mr. Urbaniak concluded "The ability to access and run the system from remote
workstations gives customers the best of both worlds - they get the power and stability
of OS/2 and the freedom and flexibility of access that most people want and have
come to expect in this fast-paced world . . . and all at a very affordable price."
Oz. is sold directly through Aviar's Sales Office, as a turnkey, network site
license. All modules are included in the one package and they are all interconnected.
This makes it very easy to have several screens, not only open, but active at the
same time. This system was designed to take full advantage of the true multitasking
capabilities available through OS/2.
Aviar has been in business since 1983 and has been developing and selling CMMS
systems since 1987.
Aviar's webpage: http://www.oops-web.com
PRESS ONLY: For interviews with John J. Urbaniak, please contact Gwen L. Veneskey
at 412 367-6177 or glvenes@ibm.net
Using OS/2 is the best way to save time while computing, but you'll be wasting
your time if you don't go to Warpstock 2000 this September. And time is definitely
running out to make your reservations.br>
OS/2 users who want to go to Warpstock need to make sure they don't miss key
deadlines. They are:
- July 31: Early Registration. Registration is $79 per person through July 31.
That's only one week away! Beginning August 1, registration is $99 per person.
- Hotel Room Availability. The Warpstock Committee recommends that you stay at
the Holiday Inn Indepedence Mall. This is the hotel where the conference will be
held. The special rate of $124 per night ($129 for double occupancy) is only for
a limited number of rooms, so don't wait until the last minute! More information
about the hotel, including pictures of the facilities, can be found on the Warpstock
web site at:
http://www.warpstock.org/2000/location/hotel_report.html
- September 9: Warpstock 2000. That's only six weeks away!
These deadlines are approaching fast, and you won't want to miss them. If you
haven't made your reservations yet, then now is the time to do it! If, for some
reason, you still haven't made up your mind, take a look at the list of presentations
currently scheduled at:
http://www.warpstock.org/2000/presentations.html
You will undoubtedly find at least two presentations that you absolutely must
see. Convinced now? Good! Point your browser to:
http://www.warpstock.org/2000/registration/registration.html
and follow the instructions. See you in September!
The 4th annual Warpstock conference will be held September 9-10, 2000, in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, and is produced by Warpstock, Inc., a North Carolina non-profit corporation.
The Warpstock annual conference is a gathering of OS/2 users and vendors from around
the world for the purpose of education and advocacy. More information is available
at the Warpstock 2000 web site:
SCOUG (Southern California OS/2 User Group) member Gary Granat is in the process
of writing a multi-part series on seeking alternatives to Object Desktop that will
consume less system resources.
You can view his series (3 parts so far) and other articles at:
Other articles of interest:
1) A mini-review of Netlabs' WarpIN
2) Tony Butka's Ink column (focusing on printing and scanning under OS/2)
3) Mr. Know-It-All (how to install RealPlayer 7 under OS/2 using Odin)
4) Download! columns by Gary Wong
And more...
Jan van Wijk has relased DFSEE 3.32. One of the most fascinating new features
is W2KBM which will protect an IBM Boot Manager against aggressive Windows 2000
CHKDSK operations that could damage the Boot Manager data sectors.
Display File Systems (DFSee) is a generic partition and filesystem browser/analyser.
DFSee supports partition-tables (FDISK), (V)FAT, FAT-32, HPFS-structures, some NTFS
stuff and it might support different file-systems like JFS and EXT2 in the future.
Peter Moylan has released Major Major. Major Major is a mailing list manager
for OS/2. It lets you create multiple mailing lists on your machine. People subscribe
to these lists by mailing a "subscribe" command to Major Major. (There
is also an "unsubscribe" command.) You can also subscribe/unsubscribe
people in your role as system manager.
http://eepjm.newcastle.edu.au/os2/major.html
The new and improved commTalk.de software libraries now provide the following
new features:
- fast and comfortable fulltext search engine
- Every forum (OS/2, Windows, Linux, Java, Palm, ...) got its own library
- Rate It Feature (Vote for your favorite files)
- Upload application form
- Exclusively for registered commTalk.de Users (but registration is free!)
The commTalk.de forum libraries currently contain about 800 files (about 450
files for OS/2 Warp!), with a total size of about 1 GB. And that's just the beginning.
Check it out - and join commTalk.de for free!
A new version (v1.3.2) of NewView (replacement of standart inf/hlp viewer) can
be found on Hobbes:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/nv1_13_2.zip
There is a version of WebSphere 3.02 for OS/2 at the Software Choice program
(updated July 24th, 2000). It's a reserved feature, but this is great news for e-business
under Warp Server.
http://service.boulder.ibm.com/asd-bin/doc/en_us/catalog.htm
I have released UpdCD 0.5 with PEER and TC/IP fixpak support.
With UpdCD you can incorporate public FixPaks into your Warp 4 installation CD.
Then you you will be able to install a Year 2000 compliant OS/2 Warp on systems
with large hard disks right from this CD.
http://xenia.sote.hu/~kadzsol/rexx/sajat/updcd.htm
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=updcd05.zip
I am making available alpha test versions of my latest creation, Warpster, a
Napster client for OS/2 PM. While it is currently under development it has enough
functionality to be useful so I'm releasing it into the wild for people to use and
to provide feedback.
http://silk.apana.org.au/warpster/
Napster is a system for the sharing of MP3 music files. See http://www.napster.com/
for more information.
The New York Times has an online article on the future of software and the web.
Quite favorable words are given to OS/2, but the future is clearly platform independant!
http://content.entrypoint.com/content.asp?cid=13503491&md5=9160dacc0f9510b64f8baa5a736caad8&bid=1
The Larsen Commander has been upgraded to version 1.1.7. You can download it
and find more information at:
http://home.online.no/~leifel/lcmd/index.html
For a list of what is fixed in this release, take a look at:
http://home.online.no/~leifel/lcmd/history.html
This update is just a temporary fix, before a completely new version (which has
been in work for some months) is released later this year.
Larsen Commander is a powerful, flexible and user friendly GUI File Manager and
Command Processor that has a look and feel inspired by the classic Norton Commander.
When we contacted APC in regards to how many copies of the magazine we can purchase,
this the is the reply we received (note: we are a U.S.A. based company):
======
From: asuzuki@acptech.net
To: winnovations@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: July 2000 Issue
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 17:58:58 +1000
APC has an exclusive deal with IBM Australia that states that we can only sell
the product to Australian customers. International branches of IBM have not agreed
that the CD be distributed regionally. APC would therefore be in breach of contract
(effectively committing piracy) if we distributed the product
Thanks
Akiko
======
Australian PC Magazine (APC), as previously reported here, included a "free"
CD in their July/2000 issue which contained OS/2 Warp and other operating systems.
I have just uploaded NOCTIS version 1.0.0 to both:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/noctis100.zip
It will probably be moved to:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu//pub/os2/apps/science/astro/noctis100.zip
NOCTIS is freeware tool for doing astronomy. NOCTIS provides an optimized FITS
format images viewer with simple photometrical capabilities to allow quick look
of astronomical images. NOCTIS also features a finding charts creation tool that
works on many databases including: GSC, USNO, NGC2000 and others.
Editors note: as far as I know it was only placed at hobbes, no other location
was given in the annoucement, despite that fact that the both indicates there was
more then one.
AMD Zone is running a poll on its intro page asking users what their primary
operating system is. OS/2 is specifically listed.
GOGO, the best MP3 encoder (the fastest for ALL platforms) has an updated version
for OS/2. This makes the OS/2 version the same level as the other ones.
http://homepage1.nifty.com/herumi/gogo_e.html
Software Withdrawal: Remaining Features for IBM and Tivoli ADSTAR Distributed
Storage Manager for AIX, HP-UX, Sun Solaris, Windows NT, OS/2, and AS/400, Version
3.1 or earlier.
http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?it=usa_annred&on=900-189
Since there seem to problems again with www.warpstock.org, especially in the
last week of early registration (ending on July 31), I just wanted to let everyone
know that the Warpstock 2000 mirror site is still available at:
http://www.ibmforum.com/warpstock
Go there for the latest news and updates in the Presentation Schedule and for
registration.
Say goodbye to download problems on OS/2! PM Download Center Beta has been released
by Fudeba Software and gives you total control on all downloads that you will perform.
At this time this fine release is a secret Beta, but we tested it on our Warp 4.5
Client (Warp 4 + FP13) and it is running just fine! We are just publishing an exclusive
review about this software on our web site. Check it out at:
@Macarlo, Inc. Internet Services Associated with CNET, Inc.
Crystal has updated the three soundcard drivers for OS/2.
CWOS2306.ZIP for the CS4280, 4614, and 4624 chipsets.
OS2209FM.ZIP for CS4235, 4236B, 4237B, 4238B, and 4239.
OS2209WT.ZIP for the same as the earlier one, only this is for those cards with
the wave table on the card.
CWOS2176.ZIP for the older CS4231, 4232, and 4236 cards.
http://www.crystal.com/drivers/audiodrv/os2.cfm
The OS/2 port of World Wide Web Consortium's HTML Tidy utility has been updated
to the July 8, 2000 version.
See:
http://www.dd.iij4u.or.jp/~kshimz/warp/tidy/index.html
for the OS/2 port:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/ac.quick/
for a Java port; and
http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett/tidy/
for general information.
HTML Tidy checks and repairs HTML and XHTML in conformance with current W3C standards.
RXSem 1.03 has been released, and is available both on Hobbes where it will eventually
migrate to:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/dev/rexx/rxsem103.zip
and on the author's home page:
RXSem is a well-documented REXX extension DLL providing nearly direct access
to OS/2's native semaphores, both 16-bit and 32-bit mutex semaphores, and to 32-bit
event semaphores. It has a few extras, including the ability to use DDE to Netscape
(OpenNetscapeWindow), set the current window's title (RxWinSetTitle), query ~set
the process's priority (PriorityQuery/PrioritySet), find the process ID(s) of an
executable (ProcessIDsOf), and even the ability to kill processes based on their
process ID (KillProcess).
New to this release include some window-list handling, querying what is showing
(and what isn't!), as well as toggling entries between visible and invisible.
For more information, see the RXSem home page:
--- Disclaimer: unless explicitly mentioned otherwise, I do not speak for the
company I work for.
lSwitcher 2.5 Spanish has been uploaded to Hobbes. You can find it at:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/lsw250es.zip
and eventually at:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/wps/lsw250es.zip
The English version of the program can be found at:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/wps/lsw250en.zip
lSwitcher is a convenient feature-rich Alt-Tab (or Ctrl-Tab) Presentation Manager
and full screen task switcher for OS/2.
Astrolog for OS/2 has been updated as of today (2000-07-23). This update has
a working aspect list, sine function for orb power, and sign summary taking placement,
personalization and aspect power into account. It also includes a few minor fixes.
Astrolog for OS/2 is a port of the freeware Astrolog by Walter D Pullen. It is
probably the best known astrological calculation software there is.
You can get the update from the Astrolog for OS/2 home page:
http://www.visdom.nu/home/astrolog