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  1. OS/2 2.1 WINS BEST BUYS OF 1993 AWARD FROM COMPUTER SHOPPER                     
  2. December 28, 1993                                                               
  3.                                                                                 
  4. The votes are in for Computer Shopper's Best Buys of 1993 awards and            
  5. IBM's OS/2 (*) 2.1 was voted Best Operating System in a poll conducted          
  6. of their readers last July and August.  Ballots were tabulated by               
  7. Shopper's editors, then sent to reviewers for further scrutiny before           
  8. the awards were published in the January 1994 issue.                            
  9.                                                                                 
  10. OS/2 2.1 emerged victorious over all the newcomers, including                   
  11. Windows NT (**), with readers citing OS/2's pre-emptive multitasking a          
  12. significant benefit, allowing them to run multiple DOS, Windows and OS/2        
  13. programs, unharnessing the power of their 386s and 486s.  OS/2's                
  14. graphical user interface, Presentation Manager and multimedia                   
  15. enhancements in this version received kudos as well.                            
  16.                                                                                 
  17. Readers were asked to select products based on their performance, price,        
  18. quality and customer service, and IBM's seven day a week, 24 hour a day         
  19. HelpCenter contributed to OS/2's success.                                       
  20.                                                                                 
  21. This award is a significant achievement for IBM, since it demonstrates          
  22. the growing acceptance of OS/2 by the user community.                           
  23.                                                                                 
  24.   *  Indicates trademark or registered trademark of International               
  25.      Business Machines.                                                         
  26.  **  Indicates trademark or registered trademark of Microsoft                   
  27.