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Source: D. Gartner (iact@techie.com)
Moderator: Trevor Smith (trevor@haligonian.com)
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 OS/2 in focus at IACT
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 DATE: 18th January 2000
   TO: OS/2 community
 FROM: Diane Gartner, IACT Co-ordinator
       iact@techie.com

In addition to our new 24x7 Report, "The Keys to the Millennial
E-Mailbox," we just posted Issue #7 of the IACT Quarterly Newsletter.
The focus in our new issue is clearly on operating systems--
especially OS/2!


 * "An Adventure with DEBUG.COM, or,
    How a Single XLS Spreadsheet Can Ruin Your Day"
 When OS/2 user Tim O'Connor tried to get his foot through
 the door of a potential employer, he found himself vying
 against a Microsoft Excel compatibility problem. The XLS
 spreadsheet sent to him by the job recruiter refused to
 open in his favorite OS/2 apps-- and he didn't have
 MS-Windows 9x. Check out his commentary to see if he
 opened the file and if he got the job or just another
 MS-Headache. 


 * "The Big Blue-Redmond Connection"
 From Windows NT and OS/2, to VMS and FUD, this article
 traces the connections between different operating
 systems, including how they were developed and who
 deserves the credit or blame. Where does OS/2 fit into
 that picture of flaws and innovations? OS/2 is the better
 mousetrap that Microsoft needed to build Windows NT. So if
 today's users of OS/2, Windows 2000 and NT want the big
 picture with no corners cut, they need to look at how OS/2
 and NT first connected, then diverged-- and why the
 companies of IBM and Microsoft did so as well. 

 
 ...plus two more articles in our IACT Quarterly Newsletter.

 
  - Reach Issue #7 of the IACT's Quarterly Newsletter here:
      http://pages.cthome.net/iact/IQN/7.html 


  - Reach our 24x7 Reports page by using this URL:
       http://pages.cthome.net/iact/features/24x7.html 


  - And IACT's Cover Page has all links to all sections:
       http://pages.cthome.net/iact/ 
 
 
              Diane Gartner, IACT Co-ordinator     
         
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            more open standards, user choice and
            free access to compatible technology  
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