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Source: Paul Hethmon (phethmon@hethmon.com)
Moderator: Trevor Smith (editor@os2ezine.com)
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A bit of info for you in reference to the Communicator 4 for OS/2
issue:

According to Jeff Smith of IBM (not sure of the exact position,
something to do with Warp Server marketing), Communicator 4 for OS/2
will be delivered -- I think in 3rd quarter 1998. This was [told to
me] during a conference call on Tuesday afternoon about Warp Server
plans for the coming year.

He also mentioned Java 1.1.6 is due midyear and Java 1.2 due near the
end of the year. The next version of Warp Server will have a
journaling file system ala AIX and have a single package for
non-SMP/SMP. HPFS386 will likely be an add-on product. Lotus Go
webserver will also be integrated. The whole thing [the next Warp
Server] is due at the beginning of 1999.

Some of this will be available on Software Choice as they become
available (Java and Communicator). Communicator for OS/2 will be
close to the others, it will have the email, browser, and HTML
editing. It drops a few things which I guess (my opinion) come too
close to Notes. Things like Netcaster and the chat facility I
believe. He wasn't real certain of the exact feature list

Another interesting comment came about the Netscape source code. He
said it was Netscape's and they could do with it what they wanted.
Netscape owns the OS/2 browser source, not IBM.

One last thing was about HPFS386: evidently IBM pays Microsoft a
goodly royalty for it still. When asked about including it in the
client version, he asked if folks would be willing to pay for it
separately and how much. So if you're interested, you now know
what
to
request.

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