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Everyone / Anyone :
I started asking myself what could I personally and on my own time do to
help OS/2 and its many independent software developers? Many times I
hear:
A) There are 600,000 sold copies of OS/2. 1,000,000 copies expected
by year's end.
B) Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) complain they don't know how
to reach the OS/2 end-user. Advertising is a shot in the dark
reaching more DOS users than OS/2.
C) OS/2 end-users asking for products like UNDELETE which
GammaTech sells.
The need is to get these two camps together. The solution is a list of
all OS/2 end-users. Is this solution new? No!
Many of these ISVs tell me they asked IBM for a list of all registered
OS/2 end-users. IBM refused on legal grounds.
I asked myself: Why cannot we, the end-users, get together and create
the list ourselves for the ISVs. Both sides (ISVs and us the end-user)
win. We both win because:
A) We get information about the other side. ISVs get a list of
end-user who want OS/2 application information. End-users win
because they hear of what products do exist.
B) **If** the list becomes long then it can be an example to ISVs
who are considering OS/2 products that a market exists. Of
course a small list tells US something (e.g.: we did not do a good
job of getting the word out and/or many people simply are not
using OS/2).
This note is *** NOT *** asking for your name.
Before doing anyting, I would like to hear what people think of this
idea. There are many issues. For example:
A) Is this a good idea?
B) What is the best way (easiest on me and others who do the work)
to recieve and process the names.
C) Anyone else interested in helping?!!!!? IBMers welcomed!
D) What information to ask people to provide. For example:
i) Name
ii) Address to mail information
iii) Email or BBS address for contact and/or information
iv) Computer hardware information
v) Computer software information - are you using OS/2?
If yes, which version(s). If no, when do you plan on starting?
vi) List existing OS/2 applications you own and/or use
vii) List application you'd like to be able to own and/or use
viii) Comments
E) How to collect this information - say via a BBS, Internet FTP
node or both?
F) How to insure this request for names recieves high visibility?
For example: Ask everyone to pass this note on to anyone you
know who owns OS/2, onto other BBS, Internet FTP nodes, etc.
This list should be better than a list of registered OS/2 end-users from
IBM for one simple reason. IBM's list would be everyone who bought
OS/2. This list includes only those OS/2 end-users asking for
information and those planning on starting to use OS/2.
So what do you think? Are you willing to help? Again this is not a
request for names/information. It is simply a request for your opinion
on this idea.
Bert Moshier
IBM BBS : (404)-835-6600 (userid: Bertram Moshier)
OS/2 Shareware BBS : (703)-385-0931 (userid: Bertram Moshier)
Internet : bgm@cray.com
Usenet conferences : comp.os.os2.misc