Warpstock 99 - Atlanta, October 16-17, 1999
         Two fun filled days of OS/2 and YOU!
Registration discount has been extended to October 14th!
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Source: Int'l Alliance for Compatible Tech (iact@techie.com)
Moderator: Trevor Smith (trevor@haligonian.com)
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   Some brand new web pages are waiting for you!

   All the HTML pages at IACT's website have been given new
layouts and new graphics, from top to bottom. We trust you
will find the site smoother, better organized, and easier
to navigate from one section to another. All the code and
graphics were made under OS/2 Warp v4.0, btw. Stay tuned
for more totally Warped improvements in the next few weeks.

   As many OS/2ers suggested, we shortened the Cover Page
and relocated the Site Overview to its own clean, new page.
With concise descriptions plus convenient links for each
section, the Overview can serve as an alternate way to
travel across the site. The URLs for both navigation pages
are linked below.

   Of course, we all know that some smoother layouts and a
sharper image won't mean much unless... we offer you real
depth of content. Rest assured, we've got a whole new batch
of articles for you.

   So enjoy Issue #6 of The IACT Quarterly Newsletter,
covering major topics such as standards and user interfaces:

      * questions/concerns in the battle over X.500, open
        directory services and new standards proposed by
        MSFT & Cisco and IBM & RedHat;

      * a better definition of 'user-friendly' software and
        manuals, with suggestions about customization of
        the Windows graphical user interface;

      * important features of the BeOS, e.g. journaled file
        system, multimedia services, realtime processing
        and virtual memory;

      * plus a special sidebar on the BeOS' versatile user
        interface;

      * myths versus facts of compatibility, costs and
        reliability in Windows compared to OSs such as OS/2
        and Linux;

      * and advantages of object-oriented interfaces such as
        OS/2's Workplace Shell compared to the object-based
        GUI of Windows. 


   Btw, if you'd like to write either a commentary for the
Newsletter or a technical article for our "24x7 Reports"
section, see our "Editor's Desk" page for info and e-mail us
about the computer topic that interests you.
     
   Here are some essential URLs to bring you directly to the
Newsletter page and to the main navigation pages:

      - IACT's Cover Page
      http://pages.cthome.net/iact/


      - our "Site Overview" page
      http://pages.cthome.net/iact/about/iact-overview.html

      
      - The IACT Quarterly Newsletter, Issue #6
      http://pages.cthome.net/iact/IQN/6.html


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