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****************************** WarpCast ******************************
Source: Esther Schindler (esther@bitranch.com)
Moderator: Christopher B. Wright (wrightc@dtcweb.com)
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You may have seen a news article at Sm@rt Reseller's Web 
site (at http://www.zdnet.com/sr) about OS/2. It points to 
an article at the OS/2 Supersite about a possible new Warp 
client. (There's also apparently a poll about the subject 
at the ZDNet Anchordesk site.)

I didn't write the article, by the way. (When I asked Joe 
why he didn't call me for more information before posting 
the news item, he explained that he wrote it in between 
diaper changes on his week-old son, and that it was 4:30am 
my time when he sent it in. As I'm not interested in being 
woken up at 4:30am even for OS/2, this was a good 
explanation.) I do know more about the situation than Joe 
said, but what he says is a pretty good summary for my 
purposes.

Anyway, if I can accomplish it over the weekend, I'd _very_ 
much like to do a follow-up article with responses from the 
community. While I think I've aptly demonstrated my caring 
for OS/2 end-users, in this case I'd like to hear from any 
OS/2 ISP, or reseller, VAR, consultant who's using OS/2 to 
deliver products/services. If your livelihood depends on 
providing computer-related solutions, and those solutions 
depend on OS/2, then I'd like to hear from you. But, 
because the print magazine is only available in North 
America, I should really limit my quotes to folks in the US 
and Canada. (Sorry, guys.)

So here's what I'd like to know...

-- What effect, if any, would a new OS/2 Warp client have 
on your business?

-- In what way does your business currently rely on OS/2? 
What OS/2-based products or services are you providing?

-- If you're willing to be quoted, please provide me with 
your name, title, business name, geographic location, and 
what you do ("I'm a computer consultant specializing in 
TCP/IP-based programming" or "My company is an ISP"). If 
you'd like to share your reseller-specific opinions but 
must do so off-the-record, by all means make that clear, 
too.

-- If you don't work for a computer reseller but can't 
resist sharing your opinion, let me know that up-front. 
(Try to resist, though. There are better venues for chewing 
the OS/2-flavored fat.)

If you don't read this until Monday, January 4th, it'll be 
too late. I need to send in the article sometime on Sunday 
afternoon, because I'll be travelling most of the week.

--Esther Schindler
  Technology Editor
  Sm@rt Reseller
  http://www.zdnet.com/sr





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