[WarpCast] OS/2 Updates from IBM - 9/29/99




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Source: Isaac Leung (isaacl@ee.ubc.ca)
Moderator: Trevor Smith (trevor@haligonian.com)
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This is from a regular announcement letters that I receive 
from IBM:

 _ A991258 Continuing support and features for IBM OS/2, IBM 
WorkSpace On-Demand and IBM OS/2 Warp Server for e-business 
-- All Yours Via IBM Software Choice (3.7KB)         
http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?it=can_announ&on=A99-125
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Of note to OS/2 client users:
-> NetFinity Client Services (Available: 1Q2000)
-> TCP/IP Updates (Available: 1Q2000)- There will be two 
TCP/IP enhancements; the client update supporting Warp 4.0 
and WorkSpace On-Demand and the server update which will 
support IBM OS/2 Warp Server for e-business. Included in 
these enhancements are: 
   Scaleability improvements provided in two new APIs       
   Support for a new Names Resolution mechanism introduced 
by Microsoft 
   Multi-adapter support with backup recovery capability. 
-> WebSphere R3 (Available: 3Q2000)
   Support for Lotus Domino V 5.0 
   XML Document Structure Services 
   Improved integration with VisualAge for Java
-> BROWSER for OS/2 (Available: 2H2000). Must be a new or 
refreshed Netscape
-> JAVA(TM) Platform Update (Available: 2H2000). New JIT and 
Java 2
-> Universal Data File (UDF) System - UDF is a file system 
that will allow OS/2 to have read/write support for data 
only, for DVD's. Target availability date for this server 
feature for IBM OS/2 Warp Server for e-business is the first 
quarter of year 2000.

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