[WarpCast] Project Concorde, Plan to run Win32 apps under OS/2 - 12/10/99 |
PMView: The ultimate in image viewing Major update coming soon! Watch http://www.pmview.com/ for details ********************************************************************* Source: Bob St.John (BStJohn@Serenity-Systems.com) Moderator: Trevor Smith (trevor@haligonian.com) ------------------------------------------------------- Serenity Systems markets a Managed Client(r) product which provides significant benefits to business users. We selected OS/2 as our desktop client for many reasons and one is the broad range of application support provided. However, we continue to receive requests to support Win32 applications. Often this request is in addition to the requirement to run Presentation Manager or WorkPlace Shell applications, which are frequently Line of Business Applications. After reviewing the product solutions available, we determined that the best response to this requirement would be a hardware modification to the workstation, enabling the system to support a host operating system and guest operating system. Release 1 of the product is anticipated to support an OS/2 host and a Windows guest. The OS/2 support includes WorkSpace on Demand and OS/2 V4 (Merlin) with support for a Managed Client, run either as a diskless RPL client or as a traditional "fat" client. We have put an overview of this project on our web site (http://www.Serenity-Systems.com/), with an associated questionnaire which will help us through our product planning. Accessing the document requires that you have a valid log-on for the site. You can request a log on from Info@Serenity-Systems.com. Once you log on to the site, click on the Project Concorde image and, if it is appropriate, complete the questionnaire. ------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe, unsubscribe, or for more information on WarpCast, visit: http://www.warpcast.com/ -------------------------------------------------------