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  4. Subject: OS/2 SURPASSES 1 MILLION MILESTONE
  5. Message-ID: <16841B440.MLONG@isucard.card.iastate.edu>
  6. Date: 12 Aug 92 18:49:03 GMT
  7. Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System)
  8. Organization: CARD
  9. Lines: 64
  10.  
  11. From the "Link" today:                                                                                                                                
  12.                OS/2 2.0 SURPASSES ONE MILLION SHIPMENT MILESTONE                                                                                      
  13.                                                                                                                                                       
  14.      WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., August 12, 1992 . . . IBM today announced that its                                                                           
  15.      new software product, OS/2* Version 2.0, has vaulted past the one                                                                                
  16.      million shipment mark.  Historically popular with corporate users,                                                                               
  17.      early indications are that OS/2 is also gaining widespread acceptance                                                                            
  18.      in the end-user community as a result of its power, reliability and                                                                              
  19.      ease-of-use.                                                                                                                                     
  20.                                                                                                                                                       
  21.      "OS/2 2.0 is, without question, a technical triumph," says Jim                                                                                   
  22.      Cannavino, general manager of IBM's Personal Systems line of business.                                                                           
  23.      "We have built a significant base in a short amount of time.  OS/2                                                                               
  24.      2.0's market acceptance is one of the industry's most notable develop-                                                                           
  25.      ments in 1992."                                                                                                                                  
  26.                                                                                                                                                       
  27.      To commemorate their on-going support and commitment to OS/2,                                                                                    
  28.      Caterpillar will be presented with the one millionth copy at the                                                                                 
  29.      Windows & OS/2 Show at Boston's World Trade Center, August 18-21.                                                                                
  30.                                                                                                                                                       
  31.      Currently, Caterpillar is utilizing OS/2 in several strategic areas,                                                                             
  32.      including dealer applications and migration of internal application                                                                              
  33.      development to the intelligent workstation.  The Executive Information                                                                           
  34.      System, a LAN-based application used by Caterpillar's senior manage-                                                                             
  35.      ment, is also running on OS/2 2.0.                                                                                                               
  36.                                                                                                                                                       
  37.      According to Saliba Shanine, manager of corporate LAN services,                                                                                  
  38.      Caterpillar has selected OS/2 2.0 as its strategic desktop operating                                                                             
  39.      system.  "We have decided on OS/2 2.0 as our corporate strategy for                                                                              
  40.      several reasons.  First, OS/2 2.0 provides support for the 32-bit                                                                                
  41.      infrastructure of today's hardware platform and the next generation of                                                                           
  42.      desktop applications, while still protecting our earlier investments,"                                                                           
  43.      says Shanine.  "Because integration and compatibility with other plat-                                                                           
  44.      forms are very important, we feel OS/2 2.0 is the only PC operating                                                                              
  45.      system available today that can satisfy our needs."                                                                                              
  46.                                                                                                                                                       
  47.                            STRONG INDUSTRY COMMITMENT                                                                                                 
  48.                                                                                                                                                       
  49.      "Computer Associates is wholly committed to the OS/2 platform based on                                                                           
  50.      the requests and feedback from our clients," says Charles B. Wang,                                                                               
  51.      chairman, Computer Associates.  "Clearly, the one million milestone                                                                              
  52.      shows that OS/2 will continue to be a viable mission critical,                                                                                   
  53.      enterprise-wide solution."                                                                                                                       
  54.                                                                                                                                                       
  55.      TO CONTINUE THE OS/2 MOMENTUM, IBM RECENTLY ANNOUNCED A NEW PRICING                                                                              
  56.      promotion.  Between August 1 and October 31, 1992, users who call the                                                                            
  57.      1-800-3-IBM-OS2 phone number can purchase OS/2 for the following                                                                                 
  58.      prices: Windows** upgrade $79; DOS upgrade $99 and first time buyers                                                                             
  59.      $149.                                                                                                                                            
  60.                                                                                                                                                       
  61.      OS/2 is an advanced 32-bit operating system that supports DOS, Windows                                                                           
  62.      and OS/2 applications in a single package.  This advanced platform                                                                               
  63.      offers true multitasking -- allowing concurrent execution of multiple                                                                            
  64.      software programs -- and enables users to choose from tens of thou-                                                                              
  65.      sands of applications, providing access to a tremendously broad range                                                                            
  66.      of software programs.                                                                                                                            
  67.                                                                                                                                                       
  68.                                      # # #                                                                                                            
  69.                                                                                                                                                       
  70.      *    Indicates a trademark or registered trademark of the                                                                                        
  71.           International Business Machines Corporation.                                                                                                
  72.                                                                                                                                                       
  73.      **   The following is a trademark of the indicated company:                                                                                      
  74.           Windows (Microsoft Corp.)                                                                                                                   
  75.