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IBM OS/2 2.0 NAMED SOFTWARE "PRODUCT OF THE YEAR" BY DATAMATION AND
RECEIVES INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE
SOMERS, N.Y., Feb. 17, 1993 . . . IBM'S OS/2* 2.0 advanced
operating system for personal computers continues to garner
international acclaim from the computer industry's leading
publications. OS/2 has won three additional industry awards,
one praising its technical excellence and two naming it product
of the year, bringing the total number of awards for the
easy-to-use, powerful, 32-bit operating environment in the last
three months to eight.
The February 15, 1993 issue of Datamation named IBM OS/2 2.0
"Product of the Year" in the PC software category. In Europe,
Italy's PC Magazine**, a monthly data processing publication,
gave OS/2 2.0 its PC Technology award for 1992. In addition,
Czechia's Software noviny named IBM OS/2 2.0 "Product of the
Year" in its February 1993 issue.
Since November, 1992, IBM OS/2 2.0 has won awards from the
computer industry's leading U.S trade publications -- PC
Magazine, PC Computing, PC World, Information Week, and Corporate
Computing -- honoring OS/2 2.0 in categories such as technical
excellence, most promising new product and best operating
system/environment.
"These industry awards prove that IBM OS/2 2.0 has clearly
achieved significant market momentum as the preeminent 32-bit
operating platform for today's high-performance personal
computers," said John Patrick, vice president of sales and
marketing, IBM Personal Software Products. "The introduction of
OS/2-specific, 32-bit mainstream business applications from
Lotus, WordPerfect and Borland will help make OS/2 the obvious
choice for desktop, workgroup and enterprise users who want to
operate at a higher level."
Specific honors and awards presented to IBM OS/2 2.0 to date
are:
. PC Magaizine - December 22, 1992
"Technical Excellence" Award Winner, "Operating Systems
and Software Standards"
. InformationWeek - December 22, 1992
"1992 Top Products -- The 10 Most Likely to Succeed"
. PC World - December 1992
"PC Industry Achievement" Award for "Most Promising
Newcomer, Software"
. PC/Computing -- December 1992
"Most Valuable Product" (MVP) Award for "Operating
System/Environment"
. Corporate Computing -- January 1993
"Best Buy for 1993"
| . Datamation -- February 15, 1993
"Product of the Year," PC Software category
. PC Magazine (Italy) -- February 3, 1993
PC Technology Award
. Software noviny (Czechia) -- February, 1993
"Product of the Year 1992"
OS/2 2.0's Enhanced Features
OS/2 2.0 is the award-winning advanced operating system for
32-bit personal computers that protects customer's investments in
existing software by enabling them to run tens of thousands of
DOS, Windows*** and OS.2 applications seemlessly on the desktop.
This robust platform offers superior technology, including an
easy-to-use graphical user interface called the Workplace Shell,
true preemptive multitasking that allows customers to run
multiple software programs simultaneously, and Crash Protection*,
which guards against one application being able to bring down the
entire system.
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* Indicates trademark or registered trademark of the
International Business Machines Corporation
** Not affiliated with the U.S. magazine of the same name
*** Indicates trademark or registered trademark of Microsoft
Corporation
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