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Everyone / Anyone:
IBM is failing in OS/2 V 2.0 marketing efforts! In fact the window
is now closing even before IBM gets to the starting gate. I say this
because of the following events:
1. Windows and OS/2 Magazine has completely dropped OS/2!
It is now Windows Magazine as of their November 1991 issue.
IBM is not supporting OS/2 supporters (eg: this one last
publication, individual and shareware developers).
2. There are no longer ** any ** magazines which cover OS/2
or its issues.
3. Lately, IBM hardware ads show DOS not OS/2.
4. IBM still does not have OS/2 versions of its major Windows
products.
5. IBM is only advertising OS/2 (1.3 and talking about 2.0)
in PCWeek (in those magazines I take) which is not enough.
Here is the press release on Windows and OS/2 magazine becoming
Windows Magazine. NOTICE: No mention of OS/2 but there is mention
of how much Microsoft loves this new magazine and CMP!
IF IBM WANTS TO DO SOMETHING: HERE ARE TWO SUGGESTIONS:
1. IBM SHOULD START ITS OWN OS/2 MAGAZINE (ASAP)
2. IBM SHOULD BUY THE DEAD OS/2 PART OF WINDOWS AND OS2 MAGAZINE.
Bert Moshier
Cray Research, Inc.
NEWS RELEASE
CMP PUBLICATIONS TO ACQUIRE WINDOWS AND OS/2 MAGAZINE
Manhasset NYA, August 15, 1991 -- CMP Publications Inc. has reached
an agreement to acquire Windows and OS/2 Magazine, a monthly consumer
publication focusing on the explosive Windows market, CMP President
Micheal Leeds announced today.
CMP plans to change the name of the publication to Windows Magazine,
with the slug line, "Hardware and Software for Graphical Computing,"
with the November 1991 issue.
"Windows is the fastest growing graphical computing environment in
the computer industry," according to Kenneth D. Cron, Vice President,
Computer/Electronics Publications Group. "And with the addition of
Windows Magazine, CMP will be able to serve this burgeoning
marketplace."
"In addition," Cron said, "the move stregthens CMP's comittment to
publishing technically oriented products for users."
Devoted to providing users and system developers with the latest
Windows product and technology information, Windows Magazine was
launched under its former name 14 months ago by Silicon Beach
Operation, of Carpinteria California.
The publication's impressive growth has been spurred by thhe dramatic
success of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 3.0 interface, which has built
an installed base of more than 4 million copies since its
introduction in May, 1990.
"Extensive research -- both in focus groups and mail surveys --
indicates an extremely high demand for information about Windows 3.0
products," Cron said. "Almost everyone we have surveyed has
indicated a high degree of interest in this graphical user interface
-- and a desire to read more about it."
CMP's proposed acquisition has won the support of Microsoft, which
developed and markets Windows, and is the largest software company in
the world.
In learning about the acquisition, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Senior
Vice President for Systems Software, said, "We are pleased to support
the efforts of CMP Publications in this new endeavor. The excitement
around the Windows penomenon is growing stronger every day, and we
look forward to helping CMP deliver timely and in-depth information
on Windows to their readers in the years to come."
Leading the Windows Magazine management team is Publisher Drake
Lundell, who has been withh CMP for seven years. Lundell, who has
been involved in computer publishing for more than 25 years, was most
recently Publisher of Information Week, and has previously been
Editor-in-Chief of PC Week and Editor of Computerworld.
"Windows and other graphical user interfaces are changing the way
people look at computing -- there is truly a revolution underway in
the marketplace," Lundell stated. "Windows Magazine will provide a
forum for both readers and advertisers in this emerging market."
The glossy magazine, which averages 160 pages per issue, is bringing
in hundreds of new readers every day, according to Silicon Beach
Operation President David Nelson, who will continue to serve as
Editor-in-Chief of Windows Magazine.
"The acquisition by CMP will allow us to grow the magazine at a
faster pace than we would have been able to do on our own," Nelson
said. "Both advertiser and reader response to the publication have
been overwhelming. We just need to let more people find out about
our magazine."
Established in 1971, CMP Publications is a leading international
business-to-business publishing firm, specializing in high
technology, travel, and health. The arrival of Windows Magazine
brings to 16 the number of newspapers and magazines published by CMP.
(A seventeenth, Computer Reseller Sources, is slated to debut in
October.)
During the past five years, CMP has also expanded into business
seminars and conferences, electronic publishing, information
retreival services and direct marketing services.
Leeds said, "The addition of Windows Magazine is another example of
CMP's strategy of building our strengths in the markets we know
best."
A privately held company, CMP's annual revenua exceeds $175 million.
The comnpany is headquartered here and employs more than 1,200 people
worldwide.
[Sysop note: CMP Publications, Inc. public relations department apparently
does not recognize the value of a spell checker.]