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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Hello, Team OS/2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Team OS/2 Newsletter Number 4
February, 1994
Hello Team OS/2,
1994 is starting off with a lot of Teamer energy. In the USA, Team OS/2
members around the country are helping out IBM and the OS/2 Vendor Council to
do public demos at up to 70 CompUSA stores across the country on March 5. And
because they'd like to join in the fun, Teamers in Edmonton Alberta (Canada)
are working out how they might include their local CompCanada too.
Team OS/2 Sweden just had their first public OS/2 demo, working with a local
reseller to show the interest in OS/2. With the cooperation of IBM-PSP Nordic,
they plan to do more of these in the future. And we can now add a Team OS/2
Sweden international section in this newsletter to let more OS/2ers know how to
reach them. Way to go!
The first country-specific Team OS/2 newsletter (that I know of) is now
available from OS/2 BBS's in Italy. This is another great idea: Fabio
Vinciguerra has taken part of this newsletter and added the rest (in Italian)
to provide local OS/2 and Team OS/2 information. If anyone else would like to
do this, I will be happy to provide the IPF-tagged ASCII source for this
newsletter. Any IBMer can get this for you by requesting this from me
electronically (see Appendix A for contact information).
We're starting a new section in this newsletter called "OS/2 Demo Tips". These
are suggestions from people who feel that these are great ways to show off
OS/2. We hope they will help give you ideas when you show others your OS/2
system as well.
Lastly, thank you all for your comments on how we can improve this newsletter.
Suggestions are always welcome, and we hope to implement some each month.
Submissions of ASCII files and photos to be printed here are also VERY welcome.
We'd love to include bitmaps of Teamers in action as often as we can. So if
you'd like to share a photo with the rest of the world, please send it in
(photo or BMP).
Janet Gobeille
Team OS/2 Newsletter Editor
Internet: teamnews@vnet.ibm.com
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.1. What is Team OS/2? ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
What is Team OS/2?
Team OS/2 is like an electronic user group: it consists of people around the
world who are OS/2 enthusiasts and are voluntarily and actively sharing their
knowledge and enthusiasm with others. They work to promote the use and
availability of OS/2 wherever they can.
But unlike a user group, there is very little organizational structure. As
groups of Teamers come together though, they often start to form formal or
informal groups so they can provide their own support network to work more
effectively with IBM, vendors, user groups, and others.
Being part of Team OS/2 is a state of mind. Team members are those who see
that something needs to be done, and they figure out a way to do it. Some have
started OS/2 BBS's to provide support for local OS/2 users. Others see that
help is needed for local retailers to help them feel more confident in offering
OS/2 to their customers.
Membership in Team OS/2 is self-determined. You are a part of Team OS/2 (if you
wish) if you consider that you are actively doing something to help support OS2
and OS/2 users and your efforts are beyond the expectations of your job.
Team OS/2 is not owned or run by IBM. In fact, most Team OS/2 members are not
IBM employees. Those Teamers who do happen to work for IBM generally use their
own time to help others and promote the use of OS/2 and OS/2 applications just
as other Teamers do.
Although we at Team OS/2 Support in IBM PSP do maintain a Team OS/2 member list
and put out this newsletter, we do these as services to Teamers worldwide.
Being on the list is NOT a requirement to be part of Team OS/2. But it does
help Teamers find other local members when looking for help, and provide a way
to recognize the efforts of so many people in helping to promote OS/2. See
Appendix B for information on how to get on the Team OS/2 member list.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.2. IBM Team OS/2 Support (Grass-Roots Marketing) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
IBM Team OS/2 Support (Grass-Roots Marketing)
The IBM Personal Software Products (PSP) Grass-Roots Marketing team supports
The IBM PSP Grass Roots Marketing team supports Team OS/2 and BBS activities
(see Appendix A to learn how to contact this group).
The support that IBM PSP offers to Team OS/2 changes as we learn to work
together better. However, we are currently supporting Team OS/2 in these ways:
1. Information Distribution and Coordination
o We distribute a world-wide Team OS/2 member list via Compuserve, Internet,
Fidonet, and electronic media. This allows Teamers to find others in their
area and contact them electronically. See Appendix B for information on
how to get on this list.
o We can also provide a mailing list based on this member list to vendors of
OS/2 products on request. See Appendix A to see who to contact for this
list.
o The Team OS/2 Newsletter is produced monthly and distributed
electronically. This provides information to Teamers around the world to
help keep all Teamers up to date on what is happening with Team OS/2 and
with other Teamers. It also lets IBM know what Team OS/2 is up to.
Appendix A shows who to contact to submit articles or suggestions for the
newsletter, or how to get the ASCII source to include in another
newsletter.
o We participate on electronic forums to discuss Team OS/2, Teamer
activities, and future needs.
These forums also help foster creativity and imagination between Teamers,
and encourage new activities. See Appendix C for details on where to find
Team OS/2 on the various networks.
2. OS/2 Merchandise and other Support for Marketing Activities
A number of Team OS/2 members have gone out on their own time to do public
OS/2 demos and to support and encourage local retailers. See Appendix D for
the specific types of activities supported, support packages, and
requirements. Where possible, these activities are supported world-wide.
3. Team OS/2 Member Support
Because of requests by many Team OS/2 members, we had a Team OS/2 logo
designed and have arranged for Team OS/2 Tshirts, Team OS/2 golf shirts,
and embroidered Team OS/2 logo patches. See the information later in this
newsletter about how to order these for your own use. In addition, we send
some of these out in support of public OS/2 demos so that the Teamer can be
easily identified.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Team OS/2 Members - Where are they? ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Team OS/2 Members: Where are they?
The full Team OS/2 member list is available any place you can find this Team
OS/2 newsletter. Because of the size however, it's kept in a separate file.
This month, the ZIP file will include the Team OS/2 member names in two
separate formats: one by country and city and the other alphabetically by name.
These were created as of 18 February 1994:
Teamers by Network
The following list was created from the email addresses given to us. It's a
little misleading in that many people have Internet connectivity from a network
(such as America Online), but we do not have a specific Internet Address listed
in our database. So, the number of Internet-connected users is much higher than
appears here:
Electronic Network Teamers
America Online 67
Compuserve 711
Delphi 19
Fidonet 414
Genie 33
IBMMAIL 106
IBM Internal (VNET) 233
Internet 708
MCIMail 7
Prodigy 197
OS2BBS (IBM Talklink) 65
Other 172
No Email capability 390
Team OS/2 Members by Country
Team OS/2 is now in 42 countries as follows:
Country Teamers
Argentina 4
Australia 44
Austria 8
Belgium 12
Brazil 11
Canada 178
Chile 1
Denmark 18
Finland 3
France 3
Germany 62
Guam 1
Hong Kong 5
Israel 1
Italy 17
Japan 1
Latvia 6
Litchenstein 1
Mexico 6
Netherlands 39
New Zealand 3
Norway 9
Peru 1
Philippines 1
Portugal 3
Qatar 1
Russia 6
Saudi Arabia 3
Scotland 3
Singapore 5
South Africa 4
Spain 17
Sweden 15
Switzerland 3
Taiwan ROC 1
Trinidad & Tobago 1
Turkey 3
UK 50
Ukraine 3
USA 1667
USSR 2
Virgin Islands 1
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. PC Week view of Team OS/2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
PC Week view of Team OS/2
Ziff Communications Company gave us permission to reproduce their articles on
Team OS/2 that were in the issue of PC Week Inside on February 7, 1994 by
Robert L. Scheier.
We thank them for letting us share these with Team OS/2 members around the
world.
However, please read the copyright notice on each of the two articles in the
next two sections of this newsletter. These can NOT be reproduced or
redistributed. Permission was only granted for this newsletter.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.1. "Team OS/2 wants to rescue the OS they love" ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Team OS/2 wants to rescue the OS they love
From PC Week Inside for February 7, 1994 by Robert L. Scheier
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Keith Wood is a true believer. A Sunday pilgrimage to Phoenix in search of
converts left him stranded like some prophet in the desert -- his battered 1980
Subaru sputtering to a smoking stop in 115-degree heat off Interstate 17. What
mission called for such self-sacrifice? Bringing the truth and the light to DOS
and Windows users.
You see, Wood is a self-appointed evangelist for OS/2. And he's not alone.
Wood is part of Team OS/2 -- 2,000 fanatics scattered from Los Angeles to
Latvia who tout OS/2 to anyone and everyone who will listen. They hand out OS/2
T-shirts at computer stores. They demonstrate OS/2 at ham radio fests and air
shows. And they drive through the night to Comdex, just to coax vendors onto
the OS/2 bandwagon. And all for little or no material reward.
Team OS/2 is made up mostly of non-IBMers from all walks of life -- like Wood,
a computer dealer from Cottonwood, Ariz., who moonlights as a part-time local
TV news anchorman. Through sheer effort, Wood and his Team OS/2 brethren have
given a colorful and welcome boost to what was initially a bumbling IBM
marketing effort. They helped keep OS/2 alive in the public mind while
industry pundits declared it all but dead. They formed a dirt-cheap but highly
effective marketing force aimed at the very people IBM either wouldn't or
couldn't woo: user groups, small software vendors, consultants, and retail
stores. Today, John Soyring, who watched over OS/2 as director of software
development for IBM's Personal Software Products division, credits Team OS/2
for the company's "substantial" presence in the consumer/small office market --
a presence it established without devoting a single ad to that market until
this year.
Now, the Team OS/2 approach is being cloned. The concept is being borrowed by
none other than IBM Chairman Lou Gerstner, who has called for 5,000 volunteers
to help him reform IBM from the inside. And a group of ISVs who have written
OS/2 apps recently launched their own grass-roots effort to promote OS/2 in
retail stores.
But before anyone gets too carried away, be warned that the all- volunteer
approach has limits: For one, Team OS/2 isn't about blind allegiance. While
Gerstner has pledged his support to OS/2, he warns that all IBM products must
prove themselves quickly in the marketplace or face the ax. If IBM corporate
cuts development funding or otherwise curtails support to OS/2, teamers could
turn their zeal into a frenzy of IBM bashing. "There's no love lost between me
and IBM," Wood admits. "If OS/2 came from some three-fingered guy from Latvia,
I'd be supporting an operating system from some three-fingered guy in Latvia."
No Grubby Things
In the hearts of most true believers, Team OS/2 isn't about business, either.
It's not about grubby things such as gross profit margins, market share, or
return on investment. Instead, it's about the sheer love -- the unfettered
enthusiasm -- for OS/2 and its stability, its multitasking, and its
object-oriented features.
On another level, though, it's about much, much more. Just ask Dave Whittle,
an easygoing 10-year IBM veteran regarded by many as the father of Team OS/2.
There's no truer believer than Whittle. Get Whittle talking about the
grass-roots, all-volunteer Team OS/2 and he eventually gets around to
philosophy, idealism -- even the Mormon volunteer ideals that led him to serve
as a missionary for two years in Japan. "Team OS/2 is about people, things of
the spirit, not of the crass material world," he says. "They're not so much
promoting IBM or OS/2, they're promoting their values, as in 'This is the
direction I want to see computing go.'"
Borland Chairman and CEO Philippe Kahn gets a little wistful about it, too. As
he told a Team OS/2 party at Comdex/Fall, "This is the way the industry used to
be."
Teamers themselves feel much the same way. Ask teamer Richard Frank why he
spends 30 hours a week promoting OS/2. "Personal satisfaction," says the
32-year-old software developer. "When I see other people who are using it,
they're happy, they're excited." Why did consultant Arylnn Poczynek drive 25
hours from his home in Alberta to Comdex to pitch OS/2? No reason, except
"maybe the inner knowledge that we made somebody an OS/2 customer today."
In The Beginning
Team founder Whittle didn't plan it this way -- and admits he probably couldn't
have. He started what became Team OS/2 in February 1992 by opening a forum on
IBM's internal conferencing network, just to let IBMers share their marketing
ideas for OS/2.
"A lot of Team OS/2 members were very disappointed with their careers, with
what had happened with OS/2, with what had happened to IBM," says Whittle.
With plenty of marketing ideas but no budget, "I started putting these ideas as
'to-dos' on the forum, and people began jumping on them," he says.
"Doogie" Power
Among the thousands of early ideas: selling OS/2 over the Prodigy
communications service and planting a box of OS/2 on the set of the "Doogie
Howser" TV show so it would show up while the main character was typing his
journal entries. Even the name "Team OS/2" came from some now-forgotten
contributor who began adding it to E-mail messages.
In the early months, Team OS/2 was made up largely of volunteers from IBM's own
OS/2 development group. It vied for attention with the OS/2 Ambassador program
-- another OS/2 "volunteer" effort. Unlike the very unstructured Team OS/2,
the Ambassador program featured a system of bronze, silver, and gold
performance levels and offered question-and-answer sheets for the IBMers to
use.
Then Team OS/2 began attracting non-IBMers to the cause. At first, their
arrival raised eyebrows among cautious IBM marketing types. They would cringe
when teamers approached them for help with their field demos. "IBM couldn't
fathom Team OS/2," said Doug Azarrito, a longtime IBM consultant and Team OS/2
member. "They couldn't fathom the fact that some independent guy was going to
just come out and independently support one of their products."
Whittle won a victory for Team OS/2 when he convinced a speech writer to
include an implicit endorsement of Team OS/2's grass-roots marketing efforts in
a March 1992 speech announcing OS/2 2.0 by then-Personal Systems Chief Jim
Cannavino.
By Comdex/Fall of 1992, a "Swat Team" of a single OS/2 advocate was collaring
passersby and convincing exhibitors to install OS/2 on their previously
Windows-only machines. The Ambassador program passed into history, and by
Comdex/Spring in 1993 IBM was hosting parties to thank the teamers, hosted by
bigwigs such as PSP President Lee Reiswig. By last year's Comdex/Fall, a group
of 50 teamers were crawling all over the show floor evangelizing about OS/2.
IBM executives -- aware of the crushing effects of the Big Blue corporate
culture -- have been careful to stay out of the teamers' way. Team OS/2 has
always been somewhat of an underground organization. It is not headed by a
big-name executive, nor does it have the big budgets typical of an IBM
marketing campaign. "We do no mailings; they don't even get a membership
card," says Janet Gobeille, one of two IBMers who sends out literature and
helps coordinate the teamers' efforts. "Team OS/2 is really an electronic
users group." Gobeille broadcasts major news over the national Fidonet
network, while local teamers coordinate over local Fidonet "echoes."
Guerrilla Pride
The distance from IBM helps the teamers' maintain a guerrilla pride. They
relish doing a better job of marketing OS/2 than gigantic IBM could. "Team
OS/2 made all the people inside [the OS/2 development team] feel better,
because they were saying all the things their own IBMers couldn't or wouldn't,"
says Mike Kogan, a former OS/2 developer who is now a consultant in Atlantic
Beach, Fla. "As everyone knows, IBM's marketing isn't the greatest," says
Kevin Royalty, a 27-year-old Team OS/2 member and senior software engineer with
the Computer Task Group Inc., a Cincinnati-based consultant and systems
integrator. "They're more used to talking to corporations, rather than Joe
Average."
No Amigas
Why should teamers care if IBM does a good job selling OS/2? In some cases,
it's because they use OS/2 and don't want to see it die through poor marketing.
"Every new customer IBM gets for OS/2 is one more reason for an application
developer to write software, is one more reason for a hardware developer to
write a device driver for their product," says Canadian consultant Poczynek.
Software developer Frank uses OS/2 to juggle multiple copies of the
computer-aided manufacturing applications software he writes for clients. "I
couldn't do half of what I do without running it under OS/2," he says. "A lot
of us Ыremember| the Amiga a fantastic machine that was poorly marketed. I
don't want to see that with OS/2."
Many teamers also seem to take a perverse satisfaction in their role as David
against many Goliaths, including Microsoft Corp., industry pundits, and the
press. "I like to get a jab back at the media, because I'd like to think the
grass roots can do more to promote a product than the media can do to harm it,"
says Poczynek, who spends 15 hours a month on various Team OS/2 activities,
such as demos at computer shows and local computer superstores.
There's one thing teamers insist they don't do -- use Team OS/2 to promote
their own businesses. Royalty says his Team OS/2 work may have generated some
work for his company, but that "it's kind of an unwritten rule that you don't
go there specifically to find work." When Cottonwood computer dealer Wood works
a user-group meeting, he doesn't take his business cards. People might "think
I'm trying to sell them OS/2," he says. "I don't care where they get it -- I
just want them to get it."
Where Team OS/2 has had its most dramatic successes is in heavily focused,
local sales efforts. Laura Lynde, who owns Office Solutions in Long Beach,
Calif., says she was following the crowd as an adherent to Windows. "My
perception was this IBM operating system ... would really never take off."
She had a few copies of the OS/2 2.1 upgrade package in her 1,000-square-foot
retail outlet, "but it was kind of a slow mover -- I didn't know how to sell
the product."
That was before teamer Jim Kennedy, a retired Navy veteran who ran river
patrols in Vietnam, started visiting her store last July. When he arrived, he
began offering the kind of attention product managers dream of. Kennedy, who
jokes that his old job of assembling mines "made me very good at following
directions," has been an OS/2 user since the days of Release 1.3. He's been a
fanatic nearly as long. "He comes in here three or four times a week, just to
check up on me," says Lynde. "We have coffee and bagels. He's fixing my OS/2
demo machine Ыand| putting me through a total training program on OS/2 and all
the applications."
Fewer Fears
And how's business for Lynde? From selling five copies per month of OS/2,
she's now up to 200. OS/2-related products make up 35 percent of her software
revenue. While she makes only slim profits on the operating system itself, she
says, "I can almost guarantee" an OS/2 customer will come back for the more
profitable applications.
Even those instances that aren't such sky-blue successes have a silver lining.
Cincinnati software engineer Royalty and a group of fellow teamers gave an
"outstanding" OS/2 demonstration last November at Micro 1 Corp., a hometown
hardware and software retailer. "He actually taught us a few things we didn't
know about OS/2," says Manager Andrew Closson. His store may not be selling
any more OS/2 these days, "but we're less apprehensive about selling it," he
says.
Still Crazy?
With high-profile consumer pitches such as its sponsorship of the Fiesta Bowl,
IBM is finally doing the job the teamers used to do themselves. As OS/2 wins
respect among analysts and the media, there's almost a sense of sadness that
success may make OS/2 just another product. "Now, I feel like I have this real
special thing," says Long Beach retailer Lynde. If major chains such as
CompUSA start aggressively pushing OS/2 and OS/2 apps, "then it's no fun, when
you're having to compete with these guys."
As IBM picks up more of the marketing slack, Team OS/2 may be becoming less
critical. Time was, when "Team OS/2 was IBM's marketing," sighs consultant
Poczynek. "Now, Team OS/2 is just a bunch of grass-roots people who help IBM
in marketing, and before long, we'll be just a bunch of crazy people supporting
OS/2." But then he remembers what it's all about: satisfaction, people,
ideals, even fun -- the way the industry used to be. "I wouldn't be here if it
wasn't fun," he says. "Of all the things I do, I enjoy being a teamer the
most."
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ΓöéZiff Communications Company. All rights reserved. Material may not Γöé
Γöébe reproduced or distributed IN ANY FORM without express written Γöé
Γöépermission. Contact CompuServe mailbox 72241,1776 for further Γöé
Γöéinformation. Γöé
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.2. Close Up: How to Attract Your Own Following ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Close Up: How to Attract Your Own Following
From PC Week Inside for February 7, 1994 by Robert L. Scheier
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IBM never ran such an ad. It didn't have to, because Team OS/2 was largely the
result of spontaneous combustion. But that raises a question: Could Team
OS/2's missionary zeal be re-created for, say, SunSoft's Solaris? Probably
not. The ardor that fueled Team OS/2's extraordinary efforts can't be
manufactured. It is possible, however, to nurture it. How? Some lessons from
the Team OS/2 experience:
CREATE A CLUB
A strong group identity is essential. A name like "Team OS/2" clearly
separates the infidels from the real insiders who hold secret insights into a
great product. Remember the feeling of camaraderie is what keeps people so
involved. "I felt like I had 45 brothers after Comdex," says Janet Gobeille,
the Team OS/2 liaison with IBM's Personal Software Products division.
STEER CLEAR
Don't put too much of a corporate stamp on your true believers. Volunteers have
to feel they're making the difference, not you. Keeping your distance has its
benefits. Says teamer Keith Wood: "I can tell the truth about Windows NT; IBM
can't, because IBM would get sued."
KEEP IT LOOSE
There's no requirement for joining Team OS/2. And don't forget that you're not
paying these people and can't make them meet deadlines and file contact
reports. Whenever marketing types get too demanding about asking teamers to do
grunt work, they get "friendly reminders that we're doing this for fun," says
teamer Doug Azzarito.
THINK TRINKETS
IBM has two full-time people who keep teamers supplied with easy- to-carry
brochures, demo disks, and doo-dads such as key chains, Post-it Notes, and
T-shirts. Keep it simple -- flashy and official is less fun.
SHUT UP AND LISTEN
Even if your volunteers are a flop at evangelizing, make sure you listen to
their feedback. Teamers helped convince IBM to delay a beta release of OS/2
2.1, because they felt it wasn't stable enough. As teamer Kevin Royalty puts
it: "We see ourselves as the eyes and ears of the public."
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Team OS/2 Merchandise ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Team OS/2 Merchandise
Lees Keystone will be stocking special items for Team OS/2. You can contact LK
for orders and pricing information at the following:
Phone: (800) 717-7666 (USA only)
Phone: (914) 273-6755.
Fax: (914) 273-9187.
They are now carrying white Team OS/2 tshirts (with a large 6-color logo on the
front). They also have golf shirts with the colored Team OS/2 logo embroidered
on the front where a pocket would have been. The golf shirts are available in
green, red, and blue.
They also carry embroidered Team OS/2 patches (2 1/2" x 2 3/8"). It would be
great on hats, jackets, etc.
You'll be seeing these shirts (both the golf shirts and the tshirts) as more
OS/2 demos and other public events are planned. From now on, IBM Team OS/2
support will be sending these out for the "uniforms" for the teamers who are
working these events instead of the shirts with the OS/2 logo. The OS/2 shirts
will still be used for other purposes, but Team OS/2 shirts will only be sent
for the volunteers.
At this time, we're not planning to send out the embroidered patches. Yes,
they look very good. But they were designed and stocked based on many requests
by Teamers.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Cyrillic Based OS/2 Related Fido Conferences ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Cyrillic Based OS/2 Related Fido Conferences
By Harry Bush
This contains some updated information for the article submitted by Harry Bush
in the December issue of the Team OS/2 Newsletter.
In TEAM9312.INF, there was my note about the Cyrillic-based OS/2 FidoNet Echoes
in ex-USSR. Unfortunately, the most popular conference somehow managed to hide
away from the list. The right list should be as follows:
o SU.OS2 - Common OS/2 related discussions
o SU.OS2.DRV - Discussions about Device Drivers in OS/2
o SU.OS2.FAQ.D - Discussions about FAQ's on OS/2
o SU.OS2.MARGINAL - "Near" OS/2 Discussions
These conferences are available in Zone 2, Regions 45 (Belarus), 46 (Ukraine),
47 (Lithuania), 49 (Estonia), 50 (Russia), 51 (Latvia), and probably more.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Team OS/2 Activities and Events ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Team OS/2 Activities and Event
We encourage Teamers to list their activities with us (IBM Team OS/2 Support)
in order for them to be included in this newsletter. Contact us well in advance
in order to get your event added to our database, even if you do not require
additional support from IBM.
By listing your event in our database and letting people know what you are
doing, you can help give others ideas where they can also help in their
communities. And it's a good way to find additional volunteers if you need
them.
Note: we've started requesting some additional descriptive information about
each event so that we can include it in the newsletter. If you have further
suggestions about this, please send it to teamnews@vnet.ibm.com.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.1. Bulletin Board Highlights ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Bulletin Board Highlights
PSP Executives Online Conference - CompuServe
PSP executives participated in another Ziffnet Executives Online Conference the
week of January 3rd on the Ziffnet gateway of CompuServe. The topic for this
conference was OS/2 for Windows and corresponded with their First Looks review
of the product.
Executives from divisions other than PSP participated as well, such as CM/2,
OS/2 compiler development (Toronto) and Time : Place/2. Overall there were
approximately 1000 messages during this week long conference.
The major topics included clarification of exactly what OS/2 for Windows is,
IBM's press relations and uninstalling OS/2. Press relations was by far the
most talked about topic, since this conference was mainly a media event. PSP
received good marks from the press for the changes they said would be made as a
result of the conference and our willingness to listen to their suggestions.
Do you have other news about Bulletin Boards or OS/2 specific boards? If so,
send it to me via Internet at 76711.1123@compuserve.com and I'll get it
included in the next issue.
Vicci Conway
IBM/PSP Bulletin Board Program Manager
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.2. Call for Volunteers: CompUSA OS/2 Application Days (USA) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Call for Volunteers: OS/2 Applications Day
March 5, 1994 - CompUSA stores in the USA
by the OS/2 Vendor Council
To Team OS/2 Members (USA)
The OS/2 Vendor Council, IBM, and CompUSA are currently planning an OS/2
Application day on Saturday, March 5, 1994. This will be a full day to do
in-store OS/2 and application demonstrations and let people see and try OS/2
products. We're looking for volunteers who may be interested in helping out so
we can feature OS/2 and applications in as many CompUSA stores as possible
nationwide.
The Vendor Council is a group of 16 independent vendors of OS/2 applications
who work together to help promote and distribute their products. A recent
agreement with CompUSA means that these products are now starting to appear in
CompUSA stores everywhere. So, this is a great opportunity to help show off
OS/2 applications to OS/2 users as well as show off OS/2 to everyone else. Of
course, this will be a lot of work. But, as many of you know by know, it can
also be a lot of fun. Especially since we'll have real applications to show
off to potential customers.
We're looking for help in doing these demonstrations and answering questions.
The vendors will also have representations at stores where possible. And, we
need a person willing to be the Lead Teamer for each store to coordinate the
volunteers, merchandise, software, and general communications for the local
teams. Those of you who are interested in participating should contact:
Katy Kerr at Footprint Software
Compuserve 73501,513
fax 416-860-1780
phone: 800-465-8470
or: 416-943-4652 (Toronto, Canada)
by Monday 21 Feb 1994, or as soon as possible, so that we can start making
final arrangements with the stores. Please give her your name, city, phone
number, and email userid and fax number (if you have them plus the location of
the CompUSA you'd like to take. Please indicate if you're willing to be the
lead rep for this store.
She'll get back to you letting you know what to do or who to contact from that
point on.
Once again, let's show CompUSA and computer users around the country that
"OS/2ers have more fun".
We'll announce more details when we have them. However, following is the
current list of CompUSA stores with the people who have already volunteered to
be team leaders. If you would like to volunteer for one of the stores with a
leader in place. please call that person directly.
CompUSA OS/2 Applications Day, March 5, 1994
Last Updated: 19 Feb 1994
AZ Mesa CompUSA #227 (1357 South Alma School Rd & Holmes Ave.)
AZ Phoenix CompUSA #281 (1535 West Bethany Home Road)
CA City of Industry CompUSA #217 (18575 Gale Building, #153)
Team Leader for City of Industry is: Richard Frank
Phone: 919 597-8769
CA Culver City CompUSA #211 (11441 Jefferson Avenue)
Team Leader for Culver City is: Eusebio Preciado
Phone: work: 213 749-3031 x 17
CA Fountain Valley CompUSA #241 (9380 Warner Road)
Team Leader for Fountain Valley is: Rollin White
EMail: Fidonet: Rollin White at 1:102/132
CA Newark CompUSA #621 (5234 NewPark Mall)
CA Oxnard CompUSA #587 (Rose Shopping Ctr, 2241 North Rose Ave.)
Team Leader for Oxnard is: Paul Duncanson
Phone: work: 805 584-8732
CA Redondo Beach CompUSA #581 (1611 Hawthorne Blvd.)
Team Leader for Redondo Beach is: Fred Zimble
Phone: work: 213 621-5181
CA Sacramento CompUSA #271 (2000 Howe Avenue)
Team Leader for Sacramento is: Charles Cote
Phone: work: 916 641-4007
CA San Bernadino CompUSA #277 (625 Hospitality Lane)
Team Leader for San Bernadino is: Toni Ricciotti
Phone: 805 258-4312
CA San Bruno CompUSA #297 (1250 El Camino Road, #M-3)
CA San Diego CompUSA #251 (5830 Keamey Mesa Road)
CA San Marcos CompUSA # 307 (2085 Montiel Road)
CA Santa Clara CompUSA #291 (3561 El Camino Road)
Team Leader for Santa Clara is: Dean Klingler
Phone: 408 284-6865
EMail: Internet: dklinger@vnet.ibm.com
CA Woodland Hills CompUSA #301 (8400 Owensmouth Ave.)
Team Leader for Woodland Hills is: Geroge Saavedra
Phone: work: 818 586-1727
CO Aurora CompUSA #161 (15880 East 6th Avenue)
CT Norwalk CompUSA #511 (380 Connecticut Ave.)
Team Leader for Norwalk is: Kimberly Bobrow
Phone: 212 465-3367
EMail: Internet: kimberly@genie.geis.com
CT Orange CompUSA #517 (401 The Boston Post Road)
FL Deerfield Beach CompUSA #431 (1835 W. Hillsboro Blvd. Trail Plaza)
Team Leader for Deerfield Beach is: Robert Rose
Phone: 407 443-0730
FL Miami CompUSA #311 (600 Parkcenter Blvd, #400)
FL Tampa CompUSA #337 (3617 West Hillsborough Avenue)
Team Leader for Tampa is: Rebecca Williams
Phone: work: 813-872-2144
FL West Palm Beach CompUSA #611 (2021 Okeechobee Blvd)
GA Atlanta CompUSA #497 (3400 Wooddale Drive, Suite A210)
GA Duluth CompUSA #147 (3825 Venture Drive)
Team Leader for Duluth is: Steve Dolthyn
Phone: work: 404 835-5143
GA Marietta CompUSA #491 (2201 Cobb Parkway)
GA Roswell CompUSA #487 (1425 Market Blvd, Suite 200 (King Market Shopping Center))
IL Downers Grove CompUSA #181 (3000 Finley Drive)
IL Schaumburg CompUSA #171 (1057 East Golf Road)
IL Skokie CompUSA #177 (7011 North Central Avenue)
IN Indianapolis (CastletoCompUSA #451 (8280 Castleton Corner Drive)
Team Leader for Indianapolis (Castleton) is: Jeff Lautenbach
Phone: 317 464-3173
KS Overland Park CompUSA #141 (7316 West 119th Street)
LA Metaire CompUSA #461 (8855 Veterans Memorial Blvd.)
MA Brighton CompUSA #447 (205 Market Street)
MA Framingham CompUSA #327 (500 Cochituate Road)
MA Woburn CompUSA #361 (335 Washington Street)
MD Glen Burnie CompUSA #397 (6833 Govenor Richie Hwy, #G3A)
MD Rockville CompUSA #391 (1776 East Jefferson, #203)
Team Leader for Rockville is: Cliff Nadler
Phone: work: 301 640-5501
EMail: Internet: cnadler@vnet.ibm.com
MI Detroit CompUSA #357 (18440 Ford Road)
MI Madison Heights CompUSA #351 (31601 John R. Road)
MI Novi CompUSA #591 (43135 Crescent Blvd.)
MO Maryland Heights CompUSA #131 (12632 Dorsett Road)
NC Charlotte CompUSA (6301 Independence Blvd)
NC Greensboro CompUSA #561 (500 Four Seasons, Town Center, Space 2039)
NJ Edison CompUSA #571 (1130 Route One North)
NJ Mt. Laurel CompUSA #437 (1100 Nixon Drive)
Team Leader for Mt. Laurel is: Dan Bullock
Phone: 809 484-2590
NJ Paramus CompUSA #407 (South 50 & Rt. 17 Buehler)
NJ Parsipanny CompUSA #431 (U.S. Rt. 46 (Troy Hills Shopping Cntr))
NJ Roseville CompUSA #197 (2480 Fairview Ave North)
NV Las Vegas CompUSA #221 (3535 W. Sahara Avenue)
NY Garden City CompUSA #347 (623 Stewart Ave.)
Team Leader for Garden City is: Jeff Bakalchuck
Phone: 212 978-8042
EMail: Internet: boomer@realexposure.com
NY Haupauge CompUSA #531 (526 Route 111)
NY Rochester CompUSA #567 (400 Jefferson Road)
OH Beachwood CompUSA #417 (Pavillon Shopping Cntr)
OH Cincinnati CompUSA #421 (301 Forest Fair Drive)
Team Leader for Cincinnati is: Kevin Royalty
Phone: 513 745-8490 x8547
EMail: Internet: k.royalty@genie.geis.com
OH Columbus CompUSA #541 (7588 North Market Center Way)
Team Leader for Columbus is: David Jackson
Phone: 614 225-3555
EMail: Internet: djackson@vnet.ibm.com
OH Dayton CompUSA #427 (221 Springboro Pike)
OH North Olmstead CompUSA (25425 Great Northern Shopping Ctr.)
PA King of Prussia CompUSA #367 (176 W. Delcalo Pike)
PA Philadelphia CompUSA #371 (103 Franklin Boulevard)
RI Warwick CompUSA #321 (945 Bald Hill Road)
TX Arlington CompUSA #121 (1301 North Collins #315)
Team Leader for Arlington is: Ken Rocker
Phone: work: 817 963-9991
EMail: Fidonet: 1:130/65
TX Austin CompUSA 521 (Gateway Square Shopping Center #503, Research Blvd
at Stone Lake Blvd)
Team Leader for Austin is: Patrick Pearce
Phone: 512-918-2643
TX Dallas CompUSA #111 (15182 Marsh Lane)
Team Leader for Dallas is: Tracy Poffenroth
Phone: work: 817 931-3136
TX Houston CompUSA #527 (330 FM 1960 W.)
TX Houston CompUSA #151 (12230 Westheimer #60)
Team Leader for Houston is: Beth Otillar
Phone: Work: 713 282-7636
EMail: Internet: Otillar@houvmscc.vnet.ibm.com
TX Mesquite CompUSA #127 (1515 Town East Blvd, #168)
VA Alexandria CompUSA #477 (5901 Stevenson Ave.)
VA Norfolk CompUSA #471 (5957-15 E. Virginia Beach Road)
VA Vienna CompUSA #381 (8357 Leesburg Pike)
Team Leader for Vienna is: George Inness
Phone: 301 640-2673
WI Brookfield CompUSA #191 (17300 Blue Mound Road)
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.3. Chicago OS/2 User Group Event: "Who's Who in OS/2" ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
North Suburban Chicago OS/2 Users' Group
by James Schmidt
The North Suburban Chicago OS/2 Users' Group, Chicago's largest OS/2 Users'
Group presents:
An OS/2 Event: "Who's Who in OS/2"
Date: April 5, 1994
Time: 5:30PM until approximately 8:30PM
Location: Allstate Corporate Headquarters, Northbrook, IL
This event will be totally free of charge and limited to only those with an
honest interest in OS/2.
A series of moderated route table discussions comprised of possibly the largest
collection of OS/2 luminaries and experts ever gathered in one place outside of
IBM. These expert panels will discuss and debate various aspects of OS/2. Then
the participants will field as many questions as possible from the audience.
Currently scheduled to appear (in alphabetical order):
Marty Cawthon (Author of 'Chip Chat', OS/2 communications software)
Randell Flint (Author of 'Relish', PIM for OS/2)
Peter Hayes (IBM PSP, Director of Communications)
Rick McGuire (IBM Endicott, Senior Programmer, REXX)
David Moskowitz (Author and Editor, "OS/2 2.1 Unleashed")
Chris Novak (IBM Chicago, Software Technology Specialist)
Timothy Sipples (Author if Internet's OS/2 Frequently Asked Questions)
Richard Swadley (Publisher, SAMS Publishing)
David Whittle (IBM PSP, OS/2 Advisor)
Bill Wyatt (IBM PSP, Grassroots Marketing)
This is a VERY PRELIMINARY list with new additions almost daily.
Coincidently, the CAMP (Corporate Association for Microcomputer Professionals)
EXPO is being held the very next day. If you were planning on attending, this
would be an excellent opportunity to attend both events with a minimum of
travel and lodging expense.
For further information or to request participation in this event, please
contact NSCOUG at 708-317-7405, Internet mr.os2@gco.com, Compuserve 73447,607,
or James Schmidt at Greater Chicago Online BBS (708 895-4042).
Advance questions can be submitted to any of the above addresses.
Respectfully submitted,
James Schmidt
Founder / Co-ordinator NSCOUG
OS/2 Accredited
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.4. Scheduled Team OS/2 Activities or "What's coming soon?" ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Scheduled Team OS/2 Activities or "What's coming soon?"
This is the list of events currently scheduled in our Team Event database
starting in February 1994. There are often other Team OS/2 activities planned,
but these are the ones we know of.
If you'd like to help out on any of these, please contact the lead Teamer given
in the list.
--- Country: Brazil ---
March 22, 1994 (for 4 days) in Rio de Janeiro
Comdex-RJ: Brazilian Comdex
For information, contact: Marcio Alexandre
--- Country: Germany ---
March 05, 1994 in Saulheim
OS/2 Presentation: OS/2 Presentation to AMC Managers (Alfa
Metalcraft)
For information, contact: Norbert Pott
--- Country: Japan ---
February 21, 1994 (for 5 days) in Tokyo
LANExpo '94
For information, contact: Steve Bellamy
--- Country: UK ---
February 221, 1994 (for 4 days) in Olympia, London, UK
Windows Show: Planning to try to get OS/2 installed on as many
machines as possible, distribute device drivers, and assist
vendors to set up their applications under OS/2.
For information, contact: David Partridge, +44 (0)926-464323
Internet: dave_p@vnet.ibm.com
--- Country: USA ---
Arizona
February 26, 1994 in Tucson, Arizona
Tucson Computer Society's Computer Fair: "The fair's theme
is 'Explore the World of Personal Coputers'.
For information, contact: Dave Battelle
California
February 19, 1994 in North Ridge, California
North Ridge Computer Show
For information, contact: Robert Worne
March 18, 1994 (for 3 days) in Pomona, California
Los Angeles Computer Fair
For information, contact: Richard Frank
Florida
March 05, 1994 (for 2 days) in Boca Raton, Florida
Meet Me Downtown: Large festival in Boca Raton, FL. Usually
For information, contact: Doug Azzarito
April 10, 1994 (for 7 days) in Lakeland, Florida
Sun-N-Fun: This event is the "SHARE, GUIDE, COMDEX"
equivalents for private pilots. Sponsored by the
Experimental Aircraft Association.
For information, contact: James F. Agnew
Indiana
February 24, 1994 (for 4 days) in Lafayette, Indiana
Tippecanoe County Home Show: "This is their biggest show of
the year, which several thousand local people attend"
For information, contact: Phil Polstra at polstra@physics.purdue.edu
Michigan
February 24, 1994 in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Product Show: Show to demonstrate new systems and new
software to the agents.
For information, contact: Janeen Weinstock
North Carolina
February 24, 1994 in Raleigh, North Carolina
Egghead Weekly Demo: OS/2 weekly demo at Egghead
For information, contact: Stephen Riley
Texas
February 19, 1994 in Irving, Texas
Infomart: Computer show with free education and a vendor
area. For the last 18 months, Team OS/2 has been in that
vendor sale area promoting OS/2 and winning converts.
For information, contact: Gerald Meazell
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.5. Past Events (Before February, 1994) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Past Events (Before February, 1994)
We're including this list of activites in the past couple months so you can see
what has been happening recently. Since some of these events were scheduled
after we posted the last list, this gives you a more complete picture of what
Teamers were doing.
--- Country: Canada ---
Alberta
October 30, 1993 in Edmonton, Alberta
OS/2 Day at CompCanada
For information, contact: Arylnn Poczynek
Ontario
November 07, 1993 in Windsor, Ontario
Ontario Computer Fair: A circuit computer show
For information, contact: John Roesner
--- Country: Mexico ---
October 04, 1993 in Mexico City
OS/2 in '93 (Mexico): OS/2 Demo in Mexico City
For information, contact: Tere Rojas at MEXVM2(EROJAS)
--- Country: Netherlands ---
November 06, 1993 in Amsterdam
ZyZ: Store demo
For information, contact: Anton Versteeg at VERSTEEG@UITVM1
November 19, 1993 (for 2 days) in Utrecht
Hobby Computer Club Days: PC-oriented organization demo
For information, contact: Anton Versteeg at VERSTEEG@UITVM1
December 01, 1993 in Tilburg
University of Tilburg: University demo
For information, contact: Anton Versteeg at VERSTEEG@UITVM1
--- Country: Trinidad & Tobago --
October 25, 1993 (for 5 days) in Trinidad & Tobago
NABEX
For information, contact: Keri Alleyne at trinvm1(gbmkeri)
--- Country: USA ---
December 06, 1993 in (No City)
Miller Brewing Co.: Miller Brewing contacted Sukalyan Saha,
and asked him to conduct an OS/2 demo for their employees.
For information, contact: Sukalyan Saha
California
October 09, 1993 (for 2 days) in Pomona, California
Computer Marketplace Show: Largest Computer Show in US
For information, contact: Richard Frank
October 30, 1993 (for 2 days) in Pomona, California
Computer Market Place: Computer Fair
For information, contact: Richard Frank
November 01, 1993 in Camarillo, California
OS/2 Teachers Demo
For information, contact: Len Zakas
November 06, 1993 in Huntington Beach, California
Egghead: Store demo
For information, contact: Rollin White
November 13, 1993 in Camarillo, California
All City Software & Computers: Store demo
For information, contact: Len Zakas
November 20, 1993 (for 2 days) in Los Angeles, California
Computer Market Place
For information, contact: Richard Frank
November 30, 1993 in Walnut, California
CAL-POLY: OS/2 demonstration for students at CAL-POLY.
For information, contact: Jim Ames
December 04, 1993 in Costa Mesa, California
Team OS/2 Presents Lotus Smart Suite: Demo being held at IBM
Costa Mesa, CA. See the first complete desktop suite of 32
-bit applications to harness the full power of the OS/2 2.1
operating system. Each application is designed to take
advantage of OS/2's 32-bit memory management, the graphical
environment of the Workplace Shell, the time saving benefits
of multithreading, and the security of a true multitasking
operating system.
For information, contact: Rollin White
December 08, 1993 in Long Beach, California
Office Solutions: OS/2 store demo in Long Beach, CA
For information, contact: Jim Kennedy
December 11, 1993 (for 2 days) in Pomona, California
Computer Market Place: Large fair in Pomona, CA. Held every
3 weeks and usually draws an attendance of 2000
For information, contact: Richard Frank
Colorado
October 24, 1993 in Jefferson, Colorado
Jefferson County Fairgrounds: Swapfest usually draws between
2,000 - 5,000 people.
For information, contact: Jim Flannery
Connecticut
October 27, 1993 (for 2 days) in Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford Computer & Electronics Show: Computer show
For information, contact: Lisa Souza
November 20, 1993 in Hartford, Connecticut
IEEE Consultants Conference: Demo at University of Hartford
For information, contact: Rich Chernock
Florida
October 14, 1993 in Palm Bay, Florida
Open House @ C&C Computer Services: Store Demo
For information, contact: Daniel Fisher
October 23, 1993 in West Palm Beach, Florida
Hamfest in West Palm Beach
For information, contact: Frank Hall
November 06, 1993 (for 2 days) in Miami, Florida
Com/Bus - Miami: Fair
For information, contact: Frank Hall
Indiana
October 20, 1993 in W. Lafayette, Indiana
Purdue University: Demo for Dept. of Psychological Sciences
For information, contact: Eliot Smith at esmith@psych.purdue.edu
December 08, 1993 in Greenburg, Indiana
Greenburg Area Data Processing Assoc.: Team OS/2 Cincinnati
OS/2 2.1 Demo at Greenburg Area Data Processing Association
For information, contact: Kevin Royalty
October 16, 1993 in Baton Rouge, LA
Louisianna State University: Univeristy Demo
For information, contact: Sukalyan Saha
October 23, 1993 in Baton Rouge, LA
Cajun Clickers Computer Fair: Demo @ LA State Police Academy
For information, contact: Keith Duke
December 04, 1993 in Baton Rouge, LA
OS/2 Day: OS/2 demo at Formosa Computers , Baton Rouge, LA
For information, contact: David Arbour
Maryland
November 17, 1993 in Bethesda, Maryland
Commonwealth of Virginia: Conference being attended by all
Virginia state agencies providing services to the blind.
Demo will also support ScreenReader/2.
For information, contact: Geoff Waaler
Minnesota
October 02, 1993 in Roseville, Minnesota
Vendor Days (Egghead): Store Demo
For information, contact: Markus Krumpholtz
October 06, 1993 in Mancato, Minnesota
Mancato State University: University Demo
For information, contact: Steven Teller
North Carolina
October 02, 1993 in Cary, North Carolina
For information, contact: Donald Woods at DWOODS at RALVM11
October 28, 1993 in Cary, North Carolina
Egghead Weekly Demo: Weekly store demo
For information, contact: Stephen Riley
November 04, 1993 in Cary, North Carolina
Egghead Weekly Demo: Weekly store demo
For information, contact: Stephen Riley
November 09, 1993 (for 2 days) in North Carolina
PC Expo: Computer Fair
For information, contact: Steve Gallagher
November 11, 1993 in Cary, North Carolina
Egghead Weekly Demo: Weekly store demo
For information, contact: Stephen Riley
November 13, 1993 in Myrtle Beach, North Carolina
Myrtle Beach HAMFest & PC Fair
For information, contact: Steve Gallagher at SJGALLA at RTP
November 18, 1993 in Cary, North Carolina
Egghead Weekly Demo: Weekly store demo
For information, contact: Stephen Riley
November 19, 1993 in Raleigh, North Carolina
North Carolina State Univ.: New Shade of Blue Tour asked
Team OS/2 NC to coordinate an OS/2 demo for NCSU
For information, contact: Michael Ward at N$MIKE@RALVM29
November 20, 1993 in Cary, North Carolina
Egghead: Store Demo
For information, contact: Stephen Riley
November 27, 1993 (for 2 days) in Greensboro, North Carolina
Greensboro Hamfest: Fair in Greensboro, where 2000+ people
are expected to attend.
For information, contact: Stephen Riley
December 02, 1993 in Cary, North Carolina
Egghead Weekly Demo: Weekly Store Demo
For information, contact: Stephen Riley
December 04, 1993 in Raleigh, North Carolina
Elbos: OS/2 demo for computer store in Crabtree Mall,
Raleigh, NC
For information, contact: Stephen Riley
December 09, 1993 in Cary, North Carolina
Egghead Weekly Demo: Weekly store demo
For information, contact: Stephen Riley
December 12, 1993 in Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh PC Fair: HAV Productions will be sponsoring their
third PC Fair of the year at the Kerr Scott Building at the
Raleigh Fairgrounds on Sunday, December 12, 1993. Team OS/2
will be in the house in full force! We will have booths
with test drive machines, demo diskettes, and free "stuff".
Indelible Blue, a local OS/2 mail order house, will be
nearby selling OS/2, apps, books, etc. Additionally, the
Triangle OS/2 Users Group will have a booth where they will
be recruiting new members. Finally, HAV Productions have
kindly extended to Team Os/2 the use of the second-floor
meeting rooms, where we will be running OS/2 seminars
non-stop all day. Something for everyone!
For information, contact: Steve Gallagher at sjgalla@ralvm29
December 16, 1993 in Cary, North Carolina
Egghead Weekly Demo: Weekly Store Demo
For information, contact: Stephen Riley
New York
October 09, 1993 in Farmingdale, New York
A Computer Master: Store Demo
For information, contact: Adolpho Candray
November 29, 1993 (for 6 days) in Armonk, New York
Corptax Conference: IBM conference
For information, contact: Ron Garrett at RGARRETT at RHQVM07
Ohio
October 02, 1993 in Cincinnati, Ohio
Egghead: Store Demo
For information, contact: Kevin Royalty
October 09, 1993 in Cincinnati, Ohio
Electronics Boutique: Store Demo
For information, contact: Kevin Royalty
October 16, 1993 in Cincinnati, Ohio
Software Etc.: Store Demo
For information, contact: Kevin Royalty
October 16, 1993 in Cincinnati, Ohio
Egghead Software: Store Demo
For information, contact: Kevin Royalty
October 30, 1993 in Cincinnati, Ohio
Micro 1,Inc.: Store Demo
For information, contact: Kevin Royalty
December 02, 1993 (for 2 days) in Marietta, Ohio
OS/2 Presentation to Marietta College: The university is
interested in using OS/2 for their future curriculum, and
asked alumni Dan DeVault to demo OS/2.
For information, contact: Dan DeVault at devault@bcrvmpc1
Oregon
October 30, 1993 in Aloha, Oregon
OS/2 Demo Day @ Software Electonics: Store Demo
For information, contact: Albert Gaylord at albertg@beacon.rain.com
Pennsylvania
November 06, 1993 in Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania
Shiva Computer Systems OS/2 Day: Store Demo
For information, contact: Barry L. Kline
October 05, 1993 (for 3 days) in Dallas, Tx
Networld
For information, contact: Floyd Langley
Texas
November 26, 1993 (for 2 days) in Arlington, Texas
CompUSA: Store demo at CompUSA in Arlington, TX, on the
largest shopping weekend of the year.
For information, contact: Floyd Langley
West Virginia
October 08, 1993 (for 3 days) in Huntington, West Virginia
PC & Network Svcs: 3-day demos of OS/2 and networking
products for 400-500 corporate clients
For information, contact: Mike Erwin at 72604,1350 (Compuserve)
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. Team OS/2 Event Reports or "What's been happening?" ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Team OS/2 Event Reports or "What's been happening?"
Event reports are selected from various reports sent in to teamos2@vnet.ibm.com
or posted on electronic conferences.
Also, if you wish to specifically send in a report or letter that you'd like
included in this newsletter, please send it via the Internet to:
teamnews@vnet.ibm.com
or internally within IBM to:
teamnews at ausvm1
As you submit reports, we would appreciate photographs suitable for scanning
and including in this newsletter. It is always nice to see the team in
action!!!
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.1. A Great Start for Team OS/2 Sweden ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Team OS/2 Sweden
By Mats Pettersson
On Saturday the 12th of February, Team OS/2 in Sweden had a flying start! 3
days before OS/2 for Windows was available in Sweden, Team OS/2 started to sell
OS/2 for Windows in cooperation with one of the resellers in Stockholm.
Not to stop with that. Team OS/2 had a special deal for the first 15 SysOps to
come during the day.
The shop opened at 10. At 8:30 in the morning, SysOps started to arrive.
It was a cold day (about -15C). When the doors opened at 10, all 10-15 SysOps
stormed in, and grabbed their own copy of OS/2 for Windows. They had one
problem though - how on earth would they be able to install OS/2 for Windows
with frozen fingers?!?
The rest of the day, Team OS/2 was busy demonstrating and showing how to
install OS/2 for Windows.
The result for the day was:
o 13 for the SysOp deal
o 28 packages OS/2 for Windows sold
o 1 package stolen. This means that a user is willing to do anything to get
his own copy!!!
And - some packages with OS/2 2.1 Fullpack were sold.
Some visitors decided to wait for the CD-ROM version or the UK-version, which
we unfortunately didn't have available.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.2. Northridge Computer Show ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
CSUN Northridge Computer Show.
by Robert Worne
Ok, to fire this off, this report was delayed due to the computer being thrown
off the desk during the earthquake. (Good enough excuse?)
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People present at the show for OS/2 demo: Robert Worne (myself) and Joe Mesirow
I teamed up with Office Solutions who is a local dealer that supports OS/2 in a
big way. They were kind enough to donate table space so that I would not have
to set up outside the show. Paul Duncanson and the LA OS/2 users group were
there as well.
During the demo (1 day show), about 20 copies of OS/2 were sold (all were OS/2
4 WIN) and 2 suprisingly went to people who wanted the Full GA Upgrade.
A more suprising fact was that it was a BIG day for OS/2 applications.
Deskman/2, Backmaster, and the Hobbes CDROM hit it big and a few people were
interested in picking up Describe (was out of stock) and AMI Pro.
This notably had one of the best selections of OS/2 software, applications
present: AMI-Pro, Backupwiz, PMComm, HobbesCD, Arcadia, PM FAX, Corel v2.5,
Gammatech, WP OS/2, and many others.
Parts of the show that went well: Demos and Q&A, My machine carries my OS2 BBS
on it and I performed on-the-spot tech support and driver distribution, plenty
of OS/2 trinkets were available for the masses.
What didn't go well: I woke up late, The event was also covered by LA OS/2
user's group (I passed them some stuff to hand out as well) and we needed a bit
more communication with the LA OS2 group. The following earthquake.
Overall reaction to OS/2 was quite positive, over the last few months I have
noticed less and less of the OS/2 bashers visiting the demo area.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.3. Charlotte, North Carolina, Store Demo ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
TEAM NC: Charlotte Day One
By Steve Gallagher
WOW! This makes my thing at Computer Directions seem like nothing. My only
solice is that I think we totally impressed the sales staff. They are OPEN to
try OS/2 now where they were openly anti- a few weeks ago.
The demos went fine and even a problem made converts. We used one of their
machines; a 486/dx2-66 but only 8mb ram! I said no problem (they snicker; like
"sure he can run in 8meg"). They also installed it on a machine with a Mitsumi
CD-ROM (single spin 300ms access) and 120 mb hard drive, Cirrus SVGA chip on
vesa local bus, and a Sound Blaster clone that failed the midi support install.
I think: no problem, plenty good for demos.
I ask why isn't the machine in SVGA 1024-780 mode and they snicker again; no
Cirrus dirvers available for OS/2 (hehe, sez I ; they're included with 2.1, and
I promptly install them from DSPINSTL. They were suitabley impressed. Next, I
ask where they got Mitsumi drivers? Sez they: they called a local BBS and
downloaded them. I said "Wasn't that easy? You didn't have to call the
manufacturer for them" (ding - another point goes on the scorecard). They had
the machine in a back corner next to a killer machine with MS Video and set up
to maximize Multimedia. Guess what I decide to concentrate on? Give up?
MMPM/2!, that's right!
They couldn't find the disks for the demo or I would have loaded the INDEO.AVIs
to compare apples to oranges. But I had chess, two solitaires, and the Laster
.AVI running at the same time. People who came to look at the MS multimedia
ended up spending a bit of time looking at the OS/2 version. Then they found
out that ALL this was in 8meg, and they were BLOWN AWAY!
We only had about 100 people come look and they were casual at best. BUT, we
spent the majority of our time with the SALES STAFF answering questions and
letting them try to blow it up. It never crashed the whole day, although it
did slow to a crawl after someone opened about 7 chess games.
All in all, I would say that the objective to penetrate the store staff and
provide education and first hand exposure was a resounding success. When we
left, we were invited back to do another day, and this time they will do some
advertising for the event. Sounds like a worthwhile time to me.
Thanks to all that helped out -
Rich Cottle
Martin Brosman
Carl Lackey
and behind the scenes -
Jeff at LUVOS2
Stephen R (for providing moral support and Carl)
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.4. Software Etc Demo, Winston-Salem, North Carolina ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Software Etc Demo, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
January 15, 1994 - Team NC
By Victor R. Kruger, Jr.
Well, it is done - and it went well! Sold 3 of their 4 copes of OS/2 for
Windows while there, with a couple people that will probably be back within a
week to buy.
Thanks to closet Teamer Mark Fay and Erick Waterworth (who didn't make it, but
loaned his 486 multimedia machine to the cause - now all he has to do is pry it
from my hot little hands to get it back. Joel Canon even managed to drop by
for a couple minutes.
This is one pro-OS/2 store (employee wise). The manager knows and uses OS/2
and can talk about it beautifully. The other employees are also very
enthusiastic. One employee unbuttoned his dress shirt to reveal an OS/2
t-shirt beneath that he would be playing soccer in after work! I nominate this
store as most pro-OS/2.
We had primo position with this demo. They had a pedestal/cabinet smack dab in
front of the door as people walked in, so you couldn't miss us. With the
current popular games running (DOOM, Alone in the Dark, Simcity 2000, Prince of
Persia, etc), I had to pull the mouse away from more than one distraught child
to show interested parties OS/2. Now that I think about it, the adults weren't
too happy either. All in all a very good day! One customer at a time.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.5. GenTech (Genealogy Technology) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
IBM and Team OS/2 at GenTech
IBM's Personal Software Products Division and Team OS/2 teamed up at GenTech (a
Genealogy Technology conference held yearly) to show off OS/2's superior
multi-tasking abilities. GenTech focuses on the latest technology for the
genealogist, whether a professional or a hobbyist.
OS/2 was definately a hit with this crowd of computer literate users.
Genealogists use a variety of software; from specialized genealogy programs to
databases, phonebooks to word processors and a multitude of others. Most also
use communications programs of one sort or another to connect into bulletin
boards such as CompuServe or local boards for Internet access. There is an
unbelievable amount of data available electronically for the Genealogist.
The OS/2 booth was always crowded in between the lecture and demo sessions.
Everyone who dropped by was excited about OS/2 and many of them indicated they
had been considering it. Well, we helped make up their minds by giving away
100 copies to those that had computers with the right hardware setup and/or
were upgrading in the very near future.
We had a great time and enjoyed meeting everyone there. I'd like to especially
thank the GenTech Board of Directors who worked so hard to put the show
together and invited IBM to be a particpant. I'd also like to thank the
IBM'ers who took time away from work and their personal lives to help me out.
A big Thank You to Gerald Meazell and Floyd Langley for helping out with the
equipment and setup. Also thanks to all those who worked in the booth: Jason
Blakely, Chris John, Floyd Langley, Gerald Meazell, Ken Roberson, Jam
Smolenski, Dave Whittle, and Oprah Wisham.
We hope this grass roots effort flourishes through families across the world.
Vicci Conway
PSP Marketing (and Genealogy Hobbyist)
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.6. CompUSA, Virginia ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
CompUSA in Tysons Corner, VA
By Joe Gilvary
The OS/2 Day at CompUSA in Tysons Corner, VA was a great success. We had
several Teamers come out and give of their time despite the cold weather (wind
chills in the negative 20s). We also had reps from Attachmate, Lotus, and
Computer Associates there to show their OS/2 solutions and tools. Many people
got an eye-ful, as we (Team OS/2) were posted right inside the front door.
OS/2 Professional magazine was there to give away back issues of the magazine,
and CompUSA carries the current issue for sale on their shelves.
Our Teamers included -
o Pete Norloff, sysop of OS/2 Shareware BBS
o Timur Tabi, contributing editor for OS/2 Monthly magazine
o Patrick Zilliacus, vice-chair of the local OS/2 SIG
o Kirby Thornton
o Michael Kilby
o Luis Garcia
o Joe Gilvary
Several other members of the SIG dropped in and helped out fielding questions.
I spoke with Rich Ochs, the software manager, yesterday. He told me that
Saturday's sales stacked up like this -
o OS/2 for Window, 3.5" disks, 27 copies
o OS/2 2.1 upgrade, 3.5" 6 copies
o OS/2 2.1 upgrade, 5.25" 2 copies
o Full pkge. 2.1, 3.5" 5 copies
o Full pkge. 2.1, 5.25" 4 copies
He said that there were "lots of OS/2 apps" sold as well. Who knows how many
next day purchases we may have influenced!
Since the OS/2 for Windows promo ends Feb. 9, there's just enough time to get
back out there on Feb. 5, the last Sat. of the promotion. And, this time we
can try to hit all 3 DC area CompUSA stores. I've already gotten several
replies of people who'll work, and I know that as we left on the 15th, several
of the others were asking about doing something at the Rockville store at
least, so I'm fairly confident that we'll be back in force on Feb. 5. Then I
HAVE to retire for awhile while I still remember what my family looks like. g.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. Appendix - Questions and Answers ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Appendix (Questions and Answers)
The Appendix will contain information that will be updated in future
newsletters to provide valuable reference information.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.1. Appendix A: How do I contact IBM Team OS/2 Support ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
How do I contact IBM Team OS/2 Support
IBM PSP Grass-Roots Marketing supports Team OS/2 and other activities. The
people involved are:
Vicci Conway Vicci is in Boca Raton, Florida. Her primary job is
BBS coordination, coverage thereof, and communications
for IBM PSP. Her secondary responsibility is helping
with Team OS/2 support. She also works with vendors to
provide them with the Team OS/2 mailing list and
coordinates the Team OS/2 Reception at Fall Comdex. In
addition, any vendor wishing to get their press
releases distributed electronically should contact her
as well.
Janet Gobeille Janet is in Austin, Texas. She works to define and
coordinate world-wide Team OS/2 support for IBM PSP.
If you have a problem with IBM Team OS/2 support, call
her. She also creates this newsletter each month,
works to provide international support and
coordination for Team OS/2, and maintains the
databases used to support Team OS/2.
Jeff Mallon Jeff works with Janet in Austin. He handles the and
day-to-day support for Team OS/2 including shipping,
database updates, and responding to phone, fax, and
email inquiries. When you send a note to either
TEAMOS2@VNET.IBM.COM or LUVOS2@vnet.ibm.com, Jeff is
usually the person who will read and answer it.
User Group Relations: Gene Barlow, Kathy Fanning, and Bill Wyatt form our
PSP User Group Relations team. See Appendix F for
more info on IBM PSP User Group Support.
You can contact Team OS/2 Support via the Internet address given below from
most electronic networks. If necessary, contact us via fax or telephone, but
electronic mail is definitely preferred.
Internet (Team OS/2 Support): teamos2@vnet.ibm.com
Internet (Team OS/2 Newsletter): teamnews@vnet.ibm.com
Internet (BBS support): vicci@vnet.ibm.com
Internet (PC User Group Support): ibmpcug@vnet.ibm.com
IBM (internal) (Team OS/2 Support): TEAMOS2 at AUSVM1
IBM (internal) (Team OS/2 Newsletter): TEAMNEWS at AUSVM1
IBM (internal) (BBS Support): VICCI at BCRVM1
IBM (internal) (IBM PC User Groups): IBMPCUG at AUSVM1
You can also contact us at any of the following addresses and request that your
note be forwarded to the correct person:
CompuServe: Vicci Conway at 76711,1123
Fidonet: Janet Gobeille at 1:109/347.3479Y
IBMMAIL: Janet Gobeille at USIB45RN at IBMMAIL
OS/2 BBS: Vicci Conway at USIB55J9 at IBMMAIL
Fax: Send your request to Janet Gobeille, Team OS/2 Support, at
(512) 823-3252
Mail:
Janet Gobeille
IBM PSP - Bldg 808
Internal Zip 2996
11400 Burnet Rd
Austin, TX 78758 USA
Telephone: Jeff Mallon, Team OS/2 Support, at (512) 823-1682
If you have problems reaching Team OS/2 Support, contact Janet Gobeille at
(512) 823-3247.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.2. Appendix B: How can I join Team OS/2? ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
How can I join Team OS/2?
The IBM Team OS/2 Support group keeps a database of members as a service to
Team OS/2 members world-wide. We then sort and upload them to the electronic
networks so that you can find each other.
For this database, please send the following information to one of the
addresses given in Appendix A:
1. Your Name
2. Mailing address (only the city, state, and country will be published)
May we release your address to vendors who wish to do mailings to Team OS/2
members? (Yes or no)
3. userids and networks
4. Optional: you can include a short (1-2 line) description to be included
with your name. Sometimes software developers like to mention which
products they've written or BBS operators include how to reach their BBS.
5. For our private records (these will NOT be published), please also include
your phone number (home/work), Fax, etc.
Also please let us know what you've been doing to help promote the use of OS/2.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.3. Appendix C: Where can I find Team OS/2 Members? ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Where can I find Team OS/2 Members?
The majority of people associated with Team OS/2 can be found somewhere online,
participating on a Bulletin Board. Since the fastest and easiest method of
communicating with a large group such as Team OS/2 is via electronic networks,
this is the perfect avenue to coordinate events, to report on what you or your
group are doing, or to help others who have questions or problems. We also
electronically brainstorm about new ideas.
We also provide a list of Team OS/2 members and email addresses worldwide. It
can normally be found wherever this newsletter is found. The next section in
this Appendix shows how to address these users via the Internet no matter which
electronic system they may be on.
Below are the major networks where Teamers can be found. The lead Teamer on
each network is usually a volunteer assisting in monitoring conferences and
uploading files from IBM PSP. Note: these folks are *not* IBM OS/2 technical
support.
The following list is maintained by Vicci Conway (IBM PSP Bulletin Board
Coordinator). Please contact her with corrections and changes.
America Online: Go to the "Computing" icon, "OS/2" topic. The lead Teamer
here is Ed D'Avignon and can be found with the userid
"TEAMOS2 ED".
AOL has regularly-scheduled OS/2 chats on Tuesdays at 11:30
p.m., Thursdays at 9 p.m., and Saturdays at 9:30 p.m.. All
times are Eastern Standard Time.
Compuserve: "GO OS2USER", Section 9, Team OS/2. Vicci Conway
(76711,1123) is the lead Teamer here. To join CompuServe,
call (800)-848-8199 (USA only).
Delphi: Custom Forum 41 is where the Teamers hang out on Delphi.
Steve Gallagher (S.GALLAGHER) takes the main Teamer liason
role here. To join Delphi, call (800) 695-4005 (USA only).
Fidonet: Join us on the TEAMOS2 echo conference (on the Fidonet zone
1 backbone but available internationally). Janet Gobeille
(1:109/347.3479) is active here along with many other
IBMers who join in on this conference. Steve Gallagher is
the volunteer uploading IBM announcements to the
International OS2 echo conference.
GEnie: Go to the "OS/2" roundtable (page 1400). Kevin Royalty is
an active Teamer here and sends in the GEnie announcements
for this newsletter.
Regularly scheduled RealTime Conferences (RTCs) are as
follows (Eastern time):
Monday 9:30P-11:30P Eastern OS/2 Help Desk with Jeff Elkins
Tuesday 9:30P-11:30P Eastern Team OS/2 Nationwide
Conferences with: Kevin Royalty and Stewart Hyde
Wednesday 9:30P-11:30P Eastern General Meetings/Special Events
To join GEnie, call (800) 638-9636 (USA only).
Within IBM: See TEAMOS2 FORUM and TEAMOS2 CFORUM on the internal IBMPC
conference disk. Also, check TEAMUK FORUM (UK) or TEAMCDA
FORUM (Canada).
Internet: No specific conference, but you will find Teamers on most
of the OS/2-specific newsgroups. For Team OS/2 information
on the Internet, send email to luvos2@vnet.ibm.com.
OS2BBS (from IBM): Join us on the TeamOS2 CFORUM. Vicci Conway (USIB55J9 at
IBMMAIL) is the forum Administrator. To join the OS2BBS,
call (800) 547-1283 (USA only).
Prodigy: The OS/2 Club. This Club on Prodigy has files available
for downloading and messages are auto-posted. Check the
"New Files" area weekly for new uploads. The Team OS/2
support liason is Gene Gough (DWJG89A). To join Prodigy,
call (800) PRO-DIGY (USA only).
Also, there are often Team OS/2 get-togethers or meetings at trade shows and
technical conferences. If you plan to attend a conference, please check
electronically for any Team OS/2 activity that may be planned.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.3.1. Sending Email through the Internet ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Sending Email through the Internet
We've had many requests asking how to contact a Teamer who is on a different
electronic network. So, this table shows how to create an Internet email
address for many of the systems where Teamers can be found:
Network Sample address Sample re-formatted for Internet
America tom214 tom214@aol.com
Online
Compuserve 76711,1123 76711.1123@compuserve.com
(Note: change the comma (,) to a period (.)
for the Internet address.)
Delphi Barnesd Barnesd@delphi.com
Fidonet Janet at 1:109/347.3479 Janet@p3479.f347.n109.z1.fidonet.org
Janet Gobeille at Janet_Gobeille@f347.n109.z1.fidonet.org
1:109/347 (Note: not all Fidonet users have Internet
netmail access. However, if the Fidonet
address is in the Team OS/2 list, the person
should have mail capability there. Fidonet
addresses are reversed and prefixes added to
create an internet address. The 'p'
parameter is only used when sending a note to
a Fidonet 'point': an address with the 4th
set of digits).
GEnie K.Royalty K.Royalty@genie.geis.com
Prodigy abc12345 abc12345@prodigy.com
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.4. Appendix D: Team OS/2 International! ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Team OS/2 International!
Team OS/2 is everywhere.... not just in the USA. Team members can be found
around the world. Although the international conferencing is often done in
English, there are Teamers active on local bulletin boards and other
conferences in many languages (for example, see the write-up in an earlier
section about getting OS/2 conferences in the formerly Russian countries). This
section contains any country-specific information that we can collect to assist
and publicize your efforts to help other OS/2 users.
If you know of some specific Team OS/2 or OS/2 conferences in your country,
please send me a short note with information on how to get to them. I will be
happy to re-post that information here in following newsletters to help others
learn where they can also join in the fun.
More contacts will be added here as the we learn of others who have volunteered
to be Teamer country coordinators. If you are active in electronic conferencing
in your country, can send email reliably to us via Internet or IBM VNET, and
are willing to spend some time supporting Team OS/2 and Teamers in your
country, please contact Janet Gobeille via Internet at "janetg@vnet.ibm.com".
Also, I'll put more about this function in the next newsletter, and I'll be
electronically contacting the country and regional coordinators in early
February.
To this point, most of the country Team OS/2 coordinators have started up on
their own, but we are learning to work together. We are trying to determine
how we can best support Team OS/2 as the needs and requirements may be very
different in each country.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.4.1. Team OS/2 OZ : Australia ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Team OS/2 OZ - Australia
Team Coordinator for Team OS/2 OZ: Scott Akinson
IBM Internal: SCOTTA at SYDVM1
Internet: via Peter Kelly at: yellek@vnet.ibm.com
IBM Liason for Team OS/2 OZ: Peter Kelley
Internet: via Peter Kelly at: yellek@vnet.ibm.com
Note from Janet Gobeille: I'd like to thank Dion Gillard in Sydney for setting
up the Team OS/2 pizza dinner in January. I enjoyed VERY much meeting many of
the Team OS/2 OZ members I had only known before electronically. Hi guys
(*wave*).
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.4.2. Team OS/2 Canada ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Team OS/2 Canada
IBM Team OS/2 Canada Liaison: France Loubier
Canada has many active teamers, as well as a great BBS system.:
BBS's and Electronic Conferencing
IBM BBS Denis Tonn has been doing a great job supporting the IBM BBS OS/2
conferences within Canada (IBMNet). They are widely carried outside
of Canada by Fidonet nodes.
Within IBM: Teamers inside IBM have a Canadian-specific conference: TEAMCDA
FORUM on IBMPC.
IBM Canada Support
Oh the IBM side, France Loubier of IBM Canada is very supportive of Team OS/2.
If you plan to set up a public OS/2 event for Team OS/2 in Canada, contact
France via Internet at "TEAM_CND@vnet.ibm.com" for support. Within IBM, you can
reach her at userid "FRANCE at CANVM2".
If you cannot send email to either of those addresses, send your information
to Team OS/2 support in the US through normal channels (see Appendix A). France
is our liason with IBM Canada and is working with Janet Gobeille to set up more
formal support within Canada.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.4.3. Team OS/2 Italy ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Team OS/2 Italy
by Guiseppe Rossano
Team OS/2 Italy Coordinator: Guiseppe Rossano (IBM).
Looking at the great activities made by you all around the world, some people
from the Italian OS/2 BBS, as well as from the Italian DAP BBS Front End and me
asked ourselves: "why do we not create our own Team OS/2?". Nowadays we consist
of about 10 people, whose are discussing about the Team itself, the experiences
made by the other Teams everywhere and the activities we are planning to
organize in the future. Don't worry all the discussion are made in Italian
..... ! !
Joining Team OS/2 Italy
It is possible to join and participate to Team OS/2 Italy. How ? We usually
meet on the IBM Semea PSP BBS in our local TeamOS2 Area, so if you would like
to join us, you can find us there. Leave your name, address, e-mail address,
phone numbers and OS/2 Activities in a message addressed to me, Giuseppe
Rossano. The IBM Semea PSP BBS in Italy telephone number is 02 - 7534412 and
the access is free of charge. If you are a DAP Member, you can do the same from
the IBM Semea DAP BBS.
BBS Network Support - Italy
IBM DAP BBS (+39) 02 - 7534402
Since December 1992 is actively working the Italian DAP BBS Front End. It
collects more than 250 members and supported about 5000 calls during this year.
Please contact Giuseppe Rossano to get more information about the Italian
Developers Assistance Program itself.
IBM PSP BBS (+39) 02 - 7534412
The Personal Software Products BBS started during the "OS/2 Forum" event we had
in Milan at the end of September. The BBS is dedicated to support and deliver
as much as possible for OS/2 End User. The access is free of charge and more
than 1.5 Gigabytes are on line !!!!
The Pletora of OS/2 BBS es
Yes, currently in Italy you can find many available BBS dedicated to OS/2
!!!!!!. They are making an huge job delivering files and conferences as well,
supporting and boosting the OS/2 in ITALY. My personal greetings to them !!!!
Note from newsletter editor: A new Team OS/2 Italy newsletter is now being
distributed on these BBS's by Fabio Vinciguerra.
Contact Information
Team OS/2 Italy: Giuseppe Rossano ( nickname: Ross )
Mail Address:
Giuseppe Rossano (MiSeg526)
IBM Semea spa
Circonvallazione Idroscalo
20090 Segrate Italy
phone: +39-2-59625289
fax : +39-59629199
VNET (IBM Internal only): IT33201 at Vimvmoa
Internet E-Mail: Giuseppe_Rossano@VNET.IBM.COM
BBS:
IBM Semea PSP BBS phone number: +39 - 2 - 7534412
IBM Semea DAP BBS phone number: +39 - 2 - 7534402
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.4.4. Team OS/2 NL: the Netherlands ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Team OS/2 Netherlands
Team OS/2 Coordinators: Michael Dag and Anton Versteeg
Michael Dag and Anton Versteeg are the primary Team OS/2 NL contacts. (The
photo shows Anton on the left, Michael on the right).
Team OS/2 NL usually "hangs out" on the IBM OS/2 BBS in their local TEAMOS2
Area. To join, call the BBS at 030-334711 (access is free of charge). Leave
your name, address, email address, phone number, and OS/2 activities in a
message addressed to Michael Dag.
There is also an IBM-internal conference for Belgium, Netherlands, and
Luxembourg called TEAMBNL FORUM on IBMPC.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.4.5. Team OS/2 Singapore ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Team OS/2 Singapore
Team OS/2 Coordinator: YAP Ken Ann (IBM Singapore)
The new baby in Singapore is an OS/2 User Group. Many of the keen and vocal
advocates of OS/2 are Fidonet BBS Sysops and university students, and they have
requested Team OS/2 status.
I'm sure we're all interested in hearing what they will be doing to encourage
the use and spread of OS/2, and they will be providing further updates as to
how to reach them in later issues of this newsletter.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.4.6. Team OS/2 Sweden ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Team OS/2 Sweden
We are very pleased to welcome a new Team OS/2 group that is becoming active in
their own activities and in working with IBM to support them. Team OS/2 Sweden
just wrapped up its first planned event on February 12. Please see the event
report submitted by Mats Pettersson included in this newsletter.
The Team OS/2 coordinator for the team is Mats Pettersson. Congratulations,
Mats, are due to you and your team on a very successful day!
To reach Mats Pettersson about Team OS/2 Sweden, contact any of the following:
o Internet: mpettersson at vnet.ibm.com
o IBMMail: seibm3nl at IBMMail
o IBM internal: petter at stovm1
o Or leave a message on the IBM PSP BBS: 46-8-793-2200
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.4.7. Team OS/2 UK ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Team OS/2 UK
Team Coordinator for the UK: David C. Partridge (IBM)
IBM Network: PARTRID at ASICVM
We have support from various IBM UK organizations and David C. Partridge has
volunteered to work with them and with other Teamers to try to provide better
support for Team OS/2.
He's coordinating Team OS/2 support for the Windows Show, Feb 22-25, at this
time and is looking for volunteers. See the 'current events' list for details.
If you are not on the Team OS/2 member list, please send in your information to
Team OS/2 Support (see Appendix A) and let us know who you are. And if you have
some specific suggestions of what you would like to do along with what support
you would need from IBM to accomplish it, please send them as well.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.5. Appendix E: Team OS/2 Activities support by IBM ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Team OS/2 Activities support by IBM
This section contains information on specific activities and events where IBM
PSP is actively supporting Team OS/2. However, if you are looking for support
that doesn't fall within one of the following categories, please contact us and
discuss it with us.
At this time, major activities that are supported include:
1. Support for public OS/2 demos (including those at stores or universities)
2. Support for local OS/2 resellers
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.5.1. Support for Public OS/2 Demos ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
If you're planning to do a demo for a group of people or for a public event,
please contact IBM Team OS/2 Support. Examples of supported demos include
public demos at universities, PC fairs, hamfests, shopping center malls, or
OS/2 days at local retailers.
We would like to know:
o Where the demo will be done (name of school, store, etc)
o Date and location of scheduled event (city, state, country)
o Number of Teamers involved in doing or supporting the demo
o Number of people expected to attend and see your demo
o If this is a public demo at a software retail store, also send the number of
store clerks expected to be working during your demo.
o Your name, shipping address, and telephone number
We would like to help with a 'Team OS/2 demo pack' with some things to support
your demo and to give away during it. Since the contents will vary according
to the event, we'll discuss what this will consist of after receiving your
request.
(Note: this 'demo pack' is not intended for user group meetings.)
Then after your event, we would like a report on it including:
o names and addresses of all the Teamers involved in the activity
o pictures, pictures, pictures. Please take pictures of the Teamers in this
activitiy, and send them to us with your report. We would like to include
your pictures in future newsletters.
o number of people who saw your demo or tried OS/2 during that time
o How did it go? Tell us what went well, what didn't, what advice you'd have
for others doing this? Also, what suggestions do you have for our Team OS/2
support in the future.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.5.2. Team OS/2 Support for local retailers selling OS/2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
If you have a local retail store that is selling OS/2, we encourage you to
'adopt a store'. Meet the employees, answer their questions on OS/2, encourage
them to stock it, visit them on a regular basis if you can.
If you adopt a store that is carrying OS/2 but doesn't have any OS/2 marketing
'support' (such as demo disks, OS/2 posters, etc), please contact us with the
following information:
o Name and address of store
o Name of the store manager
o Does the store have a demo OS/2 system (or will they?)
We'll send you a 'Team OS/2 Store Pack' for you to give to them. This
contains:
OS/2 'Z-cards' (flyer with OS/2 information)
OS/2 demo disks
OS/2 post-its and pens for store employees
OS/2 poster
A 'monitor topper' if they are running OS/2
Catalogs from sources of OS/2 merchandise
Note: at this time we are only prepared to offer this support within the US.
However, if there are Teamers outside the US who are seriously interested in
requesting one of these packs, please EMAIL or FAX your inquiry to us as given
in Appendix A and we'll see what we can arrange.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.6. Appendix F: Support for OS/2 demos at user groups ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Support for OS/2 demos at user groups
The 'demo pack' is not intended for user group presentations of OS/2. To
arrange for an OS/2 demo or to support a planned OS/2 demo for a user group,
contact one of the following:
Internet: ibmpcug@vnet.ibm.com
Inside IBM: IBMPCUG at AUSVM1
Fax: Gene Barlow at 512 823-3252
Mail:
Gene Barlow
IBM PSP User Group Relations
P.O. Box 201449
Austin, TX 78720-1449
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.6.1. User Group and OS/2 SIG Registration Information ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
TO: All PC User Group Officers, all OS/2 User Group Officers and OS/2 SIG Officers:
Please help us (IBM) update our database. As we enhance our User
Group support programs and explore alternate ways of communicating,
we need to gather additional information on each user group as well
as to update any obsolete information.
Please fill out as much information as you can on your User Group or
SIG. Then return the completed information to IBM PSP User Group
Relations at one of the addresses below:
Mail: Kathy Fanning
IBM
11400 Burnet Rd.
INTERNAL ZIP 2996
Austin, TX 78758
FAX: (512)823-3252, ATTENTION: KATHY FANNING
Internet: ibmpcug@vnet.ibm.com
To send to an Internet address from CompuServe, type the following on the 'send
to' line:
INTERNET: ibmpcug@vnet.ibm.com
THANKS for your help!
NOTE: Where the survey asks for an email address, please provide the full
userid and name of the service (ie. CompuServe, Internet, Prodigy, MCI Mail,
IBMLINK, etc.)
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IF YOU ARE FILLING THIS FORM OUT FOR A SIG (SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP),
PLEASE PUT THE SIG NAME, ADDRESS, OFFICERS, ETC. WHERE IT SAYS CLUB.
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ABOUT YOUR GROUP AND HOW TO REACH YOU:
WHAT IS THE CLUB OR SIG NAME AND PERMANENT MAILING ADDRESS?
Club Name:
Address:
Address:
City/State/Zip Code:
Country:
IF DIFFERENT, WHAT IS THE CLUB/SIG SHIPPING ADDRESS (FOR UPS SHIPMENTS,
CANNOT BE A US POST OFFICE BOX)?
Ship to Name:
Address:
Address:
City/State/Zip Code:
Country:
HOW CAN PEOPLE GET IN TOUCH WITH YOUR GROUP OR SIG?
Information Phone:
BBS Phone:
Email:
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IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN YOUR GROUP:
WHO IS THE CLUB/SIG PRESIDENT?
Name:
Daytime Phone:
WHO IS THE PROGRAM CHAIRPERSON?
Name:
Daytime Phone:
DOES YOUR CLUB/SIG HAVE A NEWSLETTER?
Do you accept vendor advertising?
Who is your editor?
Daytime Phone:
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OS/2 INVOLVEMENT:
DOES YOUR CLUB HAVE ONE OR MORE OS/2 SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
(SIG'S)? IF SO, FOR EACH SIG, PLEASE PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING:
IGNORE IF ENTIRE FORM IS FOR AN OS/2 SIG.
SIG Name:
SIG Leader's Name:
Daytime Phone:
DID YOUR GROUP/SIG HAVE AN OS/2 PRESENTATION IN 1992/93? WHEN?
Who presented?
WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN AN OS/2 PRESENTATION BY IBM?
IF THIS IS AN OS/2 SPECIFIC USER GROUP OR SIG, WHAT TOPICS WOULD
YOU LIKE TO HAVE PRESENTED?
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MEETINGS, MEMBERSHIP, ETC.:
WHAT IS YOUR MEETING DAY?
WHAT IS YOUR MEETING TIME?
WHERE DO YOU MEET (PLEASE INCLUDE NAME OF BUILDING AND ROOM NUMBER
IF APPROPRIATE)?
PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING FOUR QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO SIZE, BOTH
FOR THE MAIN GROUP AND FOR EACH SIG LISTED ABOVE:
What is the size of your membership?
What is the largest number of attendeees you have had recently?
What is the smallest number of attendees you have had recently?
What is the average number of attendees at your meetings?
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CAN WE GIVE YOUR GROUP'S INFORMATION OUT?
We would like to make the list of User Groups public information to
vendors, those users looking for local groups, etc.
WOULD YOU OBJECT TO OUR MAKING THIS INFORMATION PUBLIC?
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We appreciate your help!