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Source:Diane Gartner  (dgwhiz@earthling.net)
Moderator: Trevor Smith (editor@os2ezine.com)
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   Date: April 17th, 1998

The International Alliance for Compatible Technology (IACT) wants to
thank the OS/2 users and programmers who contributed to  our  latest
efforts, such as the 24x7 Reports and the IACT Quarterly Newsletter.
We've  received some fine responses to our current 24x7 Report, "The
Slippery Slope of  PC  98:  Riding  down competition, innovation and
free choice, with Intel and Microsoft in the lead," exploring the PC
98 guidelines that target anybody who owns, uses or  sells  computer
hardware  and sofware. The repercussions of the PC 98 plan for users
of OS/2 are significant.


A new 24x7 Report by an OS/2 user will be posted shortly, and I want
to remind all of you that you're  invited  to  contribute  your  own
reports,  based  on  first-hand  experiences  with OS/2 and with the
major desktop and/or network platforms that run under/with OS/2. The
focus of the 24x7 Reports will continue to be on cross-compatibility
problems + solutions, including a much-deserved emphasis  on  OS/2's
ever-increasing compatibility with software such as NetWare, Unix NT
and the Windows environments.


Users and programmers alike will want to see the springtime issue of
"IQ" our IACT Quarterly  Newsletter.  IQ  Issue #2 features in-depth
articles and commentaries from IACT members, with 3 out of the 4  of
them  being  OS/2 people  who  program and work with OS/2 on a daily
basis.  They discuss topics such as the benefits of Java, multimedia
software, HTML standards, alternatives  to Windows environments, and
fundamentals in computer design. All of  these  featured  selections
are  original  works -- we're  proud  to  say  that  you  won't find
resources like these anywhere but at IACT.


To read the IQ Newsletter and the 24x7 Reports, just use  the  links
on the IACT website's Cover Page, at

http://pages.cthome.net/iact/


E-mail your questions/comments to IACT's Co-ordinator Diane Gartner,
at dgwhiz@earthling.net


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