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               Thursday, September 16, 1999

           Press Release - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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    Business Money Favors OS/2, Heads For Warp Expo West


  A large number of businessmen, entrepreneurs and members
of the financial community will attend Warp Expo West on
Saturday.

  "They like the return on investment that OS/2 gives them,"
says Carla Hanzlik, Editor of the monthly publication OS/2
For You.  "They like the low cost of ownership, the low
maintenance, the ability to run on older hardware, the
robust networking, the Y2K readiness.  They look at other
solutions, they compare them point-by-point, and they choose
OS/2."

  The most popular sessions among the business community are
the following, according to Hanzlik.

  "IBM: The New Strategy To Control The Worldwide Desktop"
discussion roundtable with Peter Coffee of PC Week, Esther
Schindler of Sm@rt Reseller, and Alan Zeichick of Camden
Associates.  "This open debate will give insight to the
direction that IBM will take in the future," says Hanzlik,
"and will show how IBM is becoming extremely aggressive once
again."

  "Warp Server for e-Business and WorkSpace On-Demand" by
Steven King, Senior Manager of IBM's Network Computing
Software Division.  "The various servers required by
business are covered in this session," says Hanzlik, "as
well as the considerations for decision planning."

  "Web Server Performance and Scalability" by Robert Chapman
of the Institute Of Advanced Development Strategies.
Hanzlik has noticed much interest in this seminar, "because
managers and business owners need to know up front what the
problems are that their technical staff will face."

  "Warpicity: An Overview and Update" by Lynn Maxson.  "The
expense of developing software is huge," points out Hanzlik,
"and this proposal could greatly change the model of
creating unique applications."

  "Services Offerings for the OS/2 Platforms" by Steven King
of IBM.  "This is a fundamental checklist of the areas that
must be included in a business plan," notes Hanzlik, "and
covers both the range of projects and the reasons they are
important to a business decision-maker."

  "WorkSpace On-Demand, Remote Client Connection" by Dennis
Sposato of IBM's Network Computing Software Division.  "A
very powerful technology which incorporates both legacy and
new hardware into a fully-functioning business network,"
Hanzlik states.

  "Warped Jeopardy!" hosted by Sundial Systems.  "We've
found this to be an extremely popular selection with
business people, which matches the interest we've seen in
all other groups," says Hanzlik.

  Hanzlik has been in the computer industry for 15 years,
and Editor of OS/2 For You for six.  She notes that there is
prime interest in seeing specific exhibitors as well.

  "IBM will be showing OS/2 Warp Server For e-Business and
WorkSpace On-Demand, and Serenity Systems will show their
WiseManager product," says Hanzlik.  "These are very
cost-effective solutions for any business environment."

  "Phoenix Software and Sundial Systems have a number of
applications for business users," continues Hanzlik,
"including very sophisticated database and spreadsheet
software which is customizable for specific business
projects."

  "We've also had many inquiries about OS/2 preinstallers,
and Demand Systems is one of our exhibitors who will build
pre-loaded OS/2 machines that can simply be set on a desktop
and turned on.  In a business environment this is certainly
less expensive than spending valuable time fiddling with the
install software, the drivers and the configuration."

  "Business telephone needs are covered by Active Voice and
Auto VoiceSystems," notes Hanzlik.  "Auto-attendant, voice
mail, fax, all these services are represented here."

  "And we also have the Institute Of Advanced Development
Strategies, who will cover project scheduling technology and
mainframe utilization."

  Cost-effective business solutions are covered at Warp Expo
West!

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  Warp Expo West is free, free, free.  The show will be held
on September 18 near Disneyland in sunny Southern
California.  All the info is at

             http://www.scoug.com/warpexpowest

  Sponsored by The Southern California OS/2 User Group.
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