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NEW AIRLINE TAKES OFF WITH OS/2
October 29, 1993
The Florida Shuttle, a new airline with flights from Florida to
New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, runs its operations on
OS/2 Version 2.1 and an airline reservation application developed by
the Software Lifeline company.
The airline runs OS/2 in its corporate headquarters and in several
airport terminals. In headquarters, officials run their reservation
system, E-mail, and word processing applications at the same time on
each of their PCs. In the airport terminals, agents process all
incoming reservations while using E-mail to communicate with agents at
other airports simultaneously.
The OS/2 solution was made possible by the Software Lifeline company,
which manufactures multi-user software for OS/2 called Remote OS. With
Remote OS, companies can mix and match their PCs and mainframes,
providing complete interoperability and interconnectivity. Companies
can run information from a single PS/2 machine, for example, on several
MACs, 3270s or other machines simultaneously; as a result, each machine
reaps OS/2's powerful benefits without requiring carbon copies of the
software from the host machine or any LAN software, for that matter.
For the Florida Shuttle, airline reservation data is processed by the
OS/2 database application, called DB2/2, and the Software Lifeline's
airline reservation application, called TARS, from a single machine.
From there, Remote OS and a multiport serial card connect the machine,
which acts as a host, to 48 additional machines, which act as clients.
Connection between each airport is then established by regular phone
lines via asynchronous communications.
The Software Lifeline recommended OS/2 and DB2/2 to the airline as the
best platform for handling current workloads while providing very easy
migration to larger systems in the future, as the airline grows. They
also recommended the serial port, versus LAN, connection among the PCs
because it kept complexity and costs to a minimum while providing
greater functionality.
Prior to using this OS/2 solution, the Florida Shuttle agents and
officials had to rely on a DOS-based system, which came with
restrictions. For one thing, agents could not check for something on
E-Mail without shutting down their reservation application. Also, they
would need to hire a programmer to retrieve statistical data from their
DOS-based database application. And if they needed management to review
something on their screen, their supervisor had to leave the office to
look over the agent's shoulder.
With OS/2, agents can toggle between their reservation and E-mail
applications without delay and handle both operations simultaneously.
Like other OS/2 applications, DB2/2 is multithreaded so it can retrieve
statistical data while handling other database functions. Now,
supervisors can run several applications at the same time and, with
Remote OS, they can view any screen of any agent in any airport without
leaving their office in headquarters.
If you would like your business to take off with OS/2, or are interested
in more information about the OS/2 and Software Lifeline solution,
contact Walter Kac of the Software Lifeline, Inc. 407-994-4466.
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IBM, OS/2, and DB2/2 are registered trademarks of International Business
Machines Corporation.
Software Lifeline is a registered trademark of Software Lifeline, Inc.
Remote OS and TARS are trademarks of Software Lifeline, Inc.