ONE USER'S VIEWS OF SOME BENEFITS OF UPGRADING TO OS/2 WARP
FROM DOS, WINDOWS OR WINDOWS FOR WORKGROUPS
DESCRIBED IN MINIMALLY TECHNICAL TERMS


Date: April 11, 1995


 1. Benefit: Save time by using OS/2's preemptive multitasking with
    your existing DOS and Windows programs to start a long print task
    in one program and then move on to another program.

    Added benefit: OS/2's inherent preemptive multitasking of long
    print jobs and other programs saves you the time and money that you
    would otherwise likely spend evaluating, buying, setting up and
    tuning specialized hardware and software that speeds up printing
    under DOS or Windows.

    Added benefit: OS/2 uses modified Windows 3.1 code to assure the
    best possible backward compatibility with Windows programs.

    Examples of programs that create long print jobs are:

    o Word processing programs that create documents with soft fonts 
      and embedded complex graphics.

    o Spreadsheet programs that create large spreadsheets that may use
      soft fonts and print lines separating columns and rows.

    o Presentation graphics programs that create a series of
      presentation materials that are handed out as hard copy or turned
      into overheads or slides.

    o Recordkeeping and database programs from which long reports are
      printed.

    o Drawing, illustration and computer aided drafting (CAD) programs
      that create complex bitmapped and vector graphics.


 2. Benefit: Save time responding to interruptions from beepers,
    electronic mail, faxes, telephone calls and impromptu visitors.
    In today's world of "rightsized" businesses and fast paced,
    time deprived family lifestyles, these interruptions are frequently
    requests for information accessed through your computer. You want
    to respond to them as quickly as possible so that you can return to
    what you were doing before the interruption occurred.
    OS/2's robust preemptive multitasking design allows your computer
    and all the programs already running on it to operate without
    interruption while you load another program from your hard disk or
    network and use it to provide the information.


    As your needs for quick access to information continue to grow,
    save time using OS/2's robust preemptive multitasking design to
    manage the flows of several independent "streams" of information.
    For example, you can simultaneously do all of the following:

    a) print a document, report or spreadsheet,
    b) receive/send electronic mail on your corporate network,
    c) transfer information between your computer and an online service
       such as CompuServe (Trademark)
    d) and format a floppy disk and then copy information to it.

    In order for you to manage successfully these independent streams,
    the personal computer operating system must be able to ensure that
    a problem that causes one program, which is handling one stream of
    information, to stop running cannot cause other programs, which are
    handling other streams of information, to stop running.

    This robust preemptive multitasking design is what is referred to
    as OS/2 Crash Protection (trademark).


 3. Benefit: Save time by using "multithreaded" native OS/2 programs
    that are comprised of several pieces, called "threads".
    Multithreaded programs improve system responsiveness and reduce the
    time that a computer is idle while it waits to receive more input
    or send more output.

    Whether users realize it or not, almost all DOS and Windows
    programs on today's personal computers spend much of their time
    waiting.  Programs wait to receive user input via keyboard,
    mouse, touchscreen (and even sometimes voice communications).

    Programs that receive data from another computer or send data to
    another computer spend time waiting.  These programs receive or
    send a block of data, wait, receive or send a block of data,
    wait...  They continue working this way, waiting for many little
    blocks of time that add up to seconds and minutes.  The input can
    be received or the output can be sent using a modem, faxmodem,
    local area network (LAN) interface adapter/card or wide area
    network (WAN) communications adapter/card

    Some native OS/2 programs are multithreaded; they have multiple
    pieces, each of which the computer can process independently.
    With these programs, when one thread is waiting, any of the other
    threads can continue, saving time for the user that otherwise could
    be wasted.  Multiple threads are particularly useful if one of the
    threads receives all of its input when it starts -- and therefore
    does not need to wait for input or output in the middle of its work
    -- and requires a long time to complete its work.  It can fill in
    the gaps while another thread waits.

    Examples of threads that can receive all of their input at the
    beginning include reformatting of documents or graphics files,
    searching of files in memory, indexing of files in memory, sorting
    of files in memory, calculating optimal solutions to mathematical
    models and other complicated mathematical calculations.

    Save time by using native OS/2 programs that incorporate a separate
    print thread in addition to other threads.  These programs allow
    you to start printing one datafile and almost instantly return
    control to you to work with another datafile (some programs let you
    continue to work on the same datafile) using the same program.
    This feature is found in only a very few DOS or Windows programs.
    Each DOS or Windows program that includes its own "pseudo-threads"
    must also include the programming for managing them.

    Native OS/2 programs that incorporate a separate print thread are
    programmed to take advantage of OS/2's multithreaded design and its
    systemwide ability to smoothly manage together all threads of all
    native OS/2 programs and also all "sessions" of DOS or Windows
    programs running under OS/2. The user benefits because the OS/2
    programs with separate print threads can be more responsive and
    more efficient than DOS or Windows programs that create their own
    print pseudo-threads.

    Many native OS/2 programs mention that they are multithreaded.
    Sometimes they have a separate print thread and do not explicitly
    mention it in published materials.  Examples of native OS/2
    programs that feature multiple threads include:

    o OS/2 Warp BonusPak programs
      - IBM Works (note: print thread and other threads)
      - Personal Information Manager (note: print thread and
        other threads)
      - FaxWorks for OS/2 (note: print thread and other threads)
      - HyperACCESS Lite for OS/2
      - Compuserve Information Manager for OS/2
      - Person to Person for OS/2
      - IBM Internet Access Kit
    o Lotus Smartsuite for OS/2 2.0 programs
      - AmiPro 3.0b (note: print thread and main program thread)
      - Lotus 1-2-3 2.1 (note: print thread, solver/backsolver thread
        and main program thread)
      - Freelance 2.1 (note: print thread and main program thread)
      - cc:Mail for OS/2 WPS 1.03 (note: print thread and
        other threads)
    o DeScribe Word Processor 5.0 (note: print thread and
      other threads)
    o Clearlook 1.1 (note: word processor, print thread and
      other threads)
    o Mesa 2.0.1 Personal Edition (note: spreadsheet, print thread and
      other threads)
    o Quantum Leap 2.1 (note: business modeling tool, print thread and
      other threads)
    o Arcadia Workplace Companion 2.0 (note: personal information
      manager, print thread and other threads)
    o Relish 2.2 (note: personal information manager, print thread and
      other threads)
    o Communications Manager/2 1.11 (note: SNA communications)
    o Extra for OS/2 Version 2.0 (note: SNA communications)
    o PmComm 2.30 (note: asynchronous communications terminal emulator,
      print thread and other threads)
    o TE/2 1.30 (note: asynchronous communications terminal emulator,
      print thread and other threads)
    o Golden CommPass 2.11 (note: Compuserve navigator, print thread
      and other threads)
    o Fax/PM (note: standalone and LAN versions, print thread and
      other threads)
    o FaxWorks Pro for OS/2 (note: standalone and LAN versions, print
      thread and other threads)
    o CA Superproject 3.0 (note: print thread and main program thread)
    o SAS 6.10 (note: print thread and main program thread)
    o WordPerfect 5.2a (note: print thread, automatic document
      detection thread and main program thread)
    o Corel Draw 2.5 (note: print thread and main program thread,
      Corel Draw 6.0 currently in development. Vendor forecasts late
      1995 general availability.)
    o ChipChat Wireless Communicator (note: software for sending text
      messages to alphameric pagers)
    o Accounting Vision/32 series (note: print thread and
      other threads)
    o Unite image systems programs
      - Unite Lite, Unite Image Viewer Object, Unite Scanner Object and
        Unite Storager
    o BakupWiz (note: backup software)
    o Backmaster (note: backup software)
    o NOVaBACK for OS/2 (note: backup software)
    o Multimedia Presentation Manager/2 (MMPM/2)
    o Galactic Civilizations (note: strategy game)
    o SimCity Classic for OS/2 (note: strategy game)
    o ImpOS/2 (note: bitmap graphics editing software)
    o Colorworks for OS/2 (note: bitmap graphics editing software)
    o SearchManager/2 (note: full text search program)
    o Voice Type Dictation 1.1 (note: speaker dependent, used for
      text entry)
    o MediaSCRIPT OS/2 series (note: multimedia authoring)
      - MediaSCRIPT OS/2 Desktop Edition,
      - MediaSCRIPT OS/2 Professional Edition
      - MediaSCRIPT OS/2 Publisher Edition
    o OnCmd xBase for OS/2 1.1.5 (note: xBase product for migration of
      DOS dBase or DOS FoxPro to OS/2 Warp)
    o Xbase/2 (note: xBase product for migration of DOS Clipper to
      OS/2 Warp, currently in beta test, check with vendor for
      general availability)
    o DBExpert 1.0 (note: desktop database, interfaces to  dBase,
      FoxPro, Clipper, Oracle, DB2/2, DB2/6000, SQL/400, MVS/DB2
      and SQL/DS)
    o DB2/2 Version 2.0 (note: SQL relational DBMS, current Version 1.2
      is singlethreaded, vendor forecasts multithreaded version 2.0
      by mid-1995)
    o Oracle Server 7 (note: SQL relational DBMS)
    o Sybase System 10 (note: SQL relational DBMS)
    o Watcom SQL 4.0 (note: SQL relational DBMS)
    o TSRMail for OS/2 (note: MHS mail client)
    o LinkRight 1.1E (note: parallel and serial port file transfer)
    o Mathematica 2.2 for OS/2 (note: mathematical tools)
    o Applause for OS/2 (note: image scanner)
    o Review for OS/2 (note: image management)
    o IBM ImagePlus Image Workstation Program/2 (note: image system)
    o IBM ImagePlus VisualInfo (note: image system)
    o Sigma OmniDesk (note: image system)
    o Exceed/OS2 (note: X/Windows server)
    o IBM Visualizer series programs (note: decision support tools)
      - Query, Charts, Development, Plans (i.e. spreadsheet),
        Statistics, Procedures and Ultimedia Query
    o IBM Time and Place/2 (note: LAN based calendar)
    o Hyperwise (note: multimedia presentations)
    o Call Link series of programs (note: inbound call center programs)
      - interactive voice response (IVR),
        automatic call direction (ACD), agent empowerment,
        unified mailbox (electronic mail, fax mail and voice mail),
        computer telephony integration (CTI), autocallback,
        voice recording and realtime supervisor station
    o Far Systems Inc. voice processing programs
      - automated pager activation, call access, fax broadcasting,
        fax-on-demand, generic outdial, The FAR Voice,
        Ultra-Info applications and Ultra-Record applicaitons
    o Lotus Notes Version 4 (note: groupware, check with vendor for
      general availability, current version 3 is 16-bit OS/2)

 --(note: See Appendix: Other Native OS/2 programs for list of even
   more native OS/2 software programs, some of which may be
   multithreaded.)

Examples of native OS/2 programs that allow programmers to develop
client applications with multiple process threads:

    o Application Manager 4
    o Composer
    o Enfin 4.1 (note: can create applications with one process thread
      and graphical user interface thread)
    o Foundation for Cooperative Processing 2.4 (note: check with
      vendor for general availability)
    o Gpf 2.1
    o GpfREXX
    o IBM Continuous Speech Series Software Developers Kit
      (note: short phrases, speaker independent -- based on phonetics.
      Used for speech enabled command entry, data entry or data edit.)
    o IBM Voice Type Dictation Developers Kit
      (note: speaker dependent. Used for text entry).
    o MicroFocus COBOL Workbench
    o VisPro/C 1.0
    o VisPro/C++ 1.0
    o VisProREXX 2.1
    o VX-REXX 2.1b


 4. Benefit: Save time and improve your system's ease of use by using
    native OS/2 programs that let you print data by dragging and
    dropping the icon for a datafile created or edited by the program
    onto the icon of the printer.  Many (perhaps all) of the programs
    that let you perform drag and drop printing will automatically
    start the program that created or edited the datafile (if it is not
    already running).  The drag and drop printing function of these
    programs does what is needed behind the scenes.

    Examples of native OS/2 programs that are enabled for drag and drop
    printing are:

    o OS/2 Warp BonusPak programs
      - IBM Works and Personal Information Manager
    o OS/2 System Editor (note: ASCII files)
    o Lotus Smartsuite for OS/2 2.0 programs
      - AmiPro 3.0b, Lotus 1-2-3 2.1, Freelance 2.1
        and cc:Mail for OS/2 WPS 1.03
    o DeScribe Word Processor 5.0
    o WordPerfect 5.2a
    o WordPerfect 6.1 for Windows OS/2 Integration Toolkit
    o CA Superproject 3.0
    o Relish 2.2 (note: personal information manager)
    o Arcadia Workplace Companion 2.0 (note: personal information
      manager)

 --(note: See Appendix: Other Native OS/2 Programs for list of even
   more native OS/2 software programs, some of which may be enabled
   for drag and drop printing.)


    Examples of native OS/2 programs that allow programmers to develop
    client applications that are enabled for drag and drop printing:

    o Gpf 2.1
    o GpfREXX
    o VisProREXX 2.1
    o VX-REXX 2.1b


 5. Benefit: Save time and improve your system's ease of use by using
    native OS/2 fax programs that let you send faxes by dragging the
    icon for a datafile and dropping it on the icon for a fax device on
    the Workplace Shell desktop.  These programs work with any datafile
    that can be printed by drag and drop printing (benefit 4).

    Examples of such native OS/2 fax programs are:

    o OS/2 Warp BonusPak programs
      - FaxWorks for OS/2
    o FaxPM (note: available in standalone and LAN versions)
    o FaxWorks Pro for OS/2 (note: available in standalone and
      LAN versions)

 --(note: See Appendix: Other Native OS/2 programs for other fax
   programs, some of which may enable drag and drop faxing.)


 6. Benefit: Use native OS/2 multimedia programs to create and play
    back programs that feature digital video which displays moving
    images with synchronized sound.

    OS/2 digital video uses the multithreaded Multimedia Presentation
    Manager/2 (MMPM/2) to achieve better synchronization between moving
    images and sound than is possible for digital video that uses
    proprietary DOS tools or the Windows multimedia tools.  OS/2 can
    play back smoothly moving images with synchronized sound without
    additional hardware -- i.e. without using "motion video accelerator
    cards" such as "DVI adapters" or "MPEG adapters."  On the other
    hand, if DOS or Windows are used to play back digital video without
    additional hardware, the result can seem to the user to be similar
    to a foreign movie with a poorly dubbed (i.e. poorly synchronized)
    soundtrack.

    Added Benefit: IBM's Ultimotion technology (note: available for
    OS/2, currently in beta test for Windows) is a form of "software
    motion video."  It is a more efficient video
    compression/decompression technology than Apple Quicktime for
    Windows, Intel Indeo or Microsoft Video1, which are the names of
    three other software motion video technologies. This means that
    programs that use Ultimotion compressed video will have smoother
    software motion video (more frames per second) playback on any
    specific personal computer than programs that use the other
    software motion video technologies.

    Using OS/2 and Ultimotion digital video, Intel i486 class
    processors are powerful enough -- i.e. Intel Pentium processors are
    not required -- to display smoothly moving images at
    24 to 30 frames per second.

    Examples of native OS/2 multimedia programs that can play back
    prerecorded Ultimotion digital video:

    o BocaSoft Wipeout (note: screensaver)
    o OneUp Window Washer (note: screensaver)
    o Galactic Civilizations (note: strategy game)

    Examples of native OS/2 multimedia programs that can create
    and play back multimedia presentations that can incorporate
    Ultimotion digital video and other compressed digital video
    formats:

    o MediaSCRIPT OS/2 series (note: multimedia authoring)
      - MediaSCRIPT OS/2 Desktop Edition
      - MediaSCRIPT OS/2 Professional Edition
      - MediaSCRIPT OS/2 Publisher Edition
    o Hyperwise 2.0 (note: multimedia authoring tool for
      hypertext online information and application help systems)
    o Ultimedia Builder 1.0.1 (note multimedia enabled
      presentation program)

    Examples of native OS/2 programs that allow programmers to develop
    client programss that can incorporate Ultimotion digital video and
    other compressed digital video formats:

    o Application Manager 4 (note: vendor supplies digital video and
      other multimedia enhancements on special request)
    o Enfin-4.1 (note: vendor supplies digital video and other
      multimedia enhancements on special request).
    o VisualAge 2.0

    Examples of native OS/2 multimedia programs that create Ultimotion
    digital video and other compressed digital video formats:

    o Video IN/2 (note: now included in OS/2 Warp)

 --(note: See Appendix: Other Native OS/2 programs for list of even
   more native OS/2 software programs, some of which may play back
   multimedia presentations, create multimedia presentations,
   create multimedia enabled client programs that includes
   Ultimotion digital video.)


 7. Benefit:  Adapt native OS/2 programs for specific uses and users by
    using REXX with native OS/2 programs that are "REXX-enabled" or
    "REXX-aware".

    REXX is OS/2's built-in systemwide general purpose programming
    language.  It is a powerful structured programming language that
    can be easy to learn.  It is useful for both beginners and
    computer professionals.  With it, they can create batch files and
    application program macros and scripts.

    Power users and programmers can write REXX programs that are used 
    as batch files, comparable to the BAT files used in DOS.
    IBM PC DOS 7 includes a DOS version of REXX, which is a subset of
    OS/2 REXX.  Users and programmers can also write REXX programs to
    automate, customize and integrate one or several native OS/2
    programs that are REXX-enabled.  REXX programs can integrate
    multiple REXX-enabled programs, even if these programs come from
    more than one vendor.  This is more flexible than the Windows
    environment in which each Windows office suite has a proprietary
    macro language: (e.g. Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications,
    LotusScript and Novell PerfectScript).

    Examples of native OS/2 programs that are REXX-enabled:

    o OS/2 Enhanced Editor (note: also known as EPM)
    o Lotus Smartsuite for OS/2 2.0 programs
      - AmiPro 3.0b, Lotus 1-2-3 2.1
    o WordPerfect 5.2a
    o DeScribe Word Processor 5.0
    o Mesa 2.0.1 Personal Edition (note: spreadsheet)
    o Quantum Leap 2.1 (note: business modeling tool)
    o LAN Server 4.0
    o Communications Manager/2 1.11
    o Attachmate Extra
    o PmComm 2.30
    o TE/2 1.30
    o IBM TCP/IP
    o DB2/2
    o Watcom SQL
    o XDB-QMT
    o Chron
    o Deskman/2
    o Multimedia Presentation Manager/2 (MMPM/2)
    o Ultimedia Builder/2 1.0.1
    o IBM Continuous Speech Series (ICSS)
    o Distributed Application/2
    o Software Installer
    o Source Link
    o KEDIT
    o SPF/PC
    o Tritus SPF

    Examples of native OS/2 programs that provide a graphical or object
    oriented user interface to REXX macro batch programs/scripts.
    These programs may also provide additional functions for linking
    multiple programs, even if those programs do not have their own
    built-in support for REXX.  In other words, these programs may
    provide a limited amount of "REXX-enablement" for programs that are
    not otherwise REXX-enabled:

    o GpfREXX (note: GpfREXX programs can be DDE clients
      or DDE servers)
    o VisProREXX 2.1 (note: no DDE support and is not enabled to send
      keystrokes to native OS/2 programs)
    o VX-REXX 2.1b (note: VX-REXX programs can be DDE clients but not
      DDE servers.  VX-REXX programs cab pass keystrokes to native
      OS/2 PM programs).

    Examples of native OS/2 programs that can add more functions to
    REXX:

    o dbfREXX
    o GammaTech REXX SuperSet/2
    o Quercus REXXCOMM
    o Quercus REXXLIB
    o RexxBase
    o VisPro/Reports

 --(note: See Appendix: Other Native OS/2 programs for list of even
   more native OS/2 software programs, some of which may be
   REXX-enabled or add more functions to REXX.)


 8. Benefit: Save time and money by using OS/2's Workplace Shell
    user interface because you can avoid buying and installing a
    separate program that lets you create a customized computer desktop
    to replace the DOSSHELL or the Windows Program Manager.  Using
    OS/2's Workplace Shell you can organize your computer to match the
    way that you most naturally use it.  You can organize objects
    representing programs, data and physical devices (e.g. printers,
    modems and fax/modems) into folders.  You can nest folders.
    You can even create multiple "shadows" of objects so that a single
    object can be included in multiple folders if your organization
    system demands it.


 9. Benefit: Save time (and maybe money) by using OS/2 because you do
    not have to learn how to set up and use a DOS memory manager
    utility to squeeze DOS and Windows device drivers
    (e.g., for graphics adapters, CD-ROM drives, sound cards,
    local area network requesters and other utilties) out of DOS low
    memory into DOS high memory.  Many OS/2 device drivers are
    available that support DOS and Windows applications without using
    up any DOS memory.


10. Benefit:  Save time by using OS/2 when you set up your memory
    hungry DOS or Windows programs that need "extended memory" or
    "expanded memory."  When a DOS or Windows program is "migrated" or
    otherwise "registered" to the Workplace Shell, OS/2 automatically
    sets it up with 3 types of expanded and extended DOS memory.
    The default amounts of memory available to the application are
    sufficient for most users of most programs.  If you need more, then
    you can use separate slidebar controls for each program that let
    you have up to 32 MB EMS memory, 16 MB XMS memory
    and 512 MB DPMI memory.  This is enough for any user!


11. Benefit: Save time by using OS/2 when you use record keeping or
    database software.  OS/2's advanced file systems, Super-FAT and
    HPFS, are faster than the older FAT file system used by older
    versions of DOS.  The only DOS versions that include Super-FAT are
    IBM PC DOS 6.1, 6.3 and 7.  These file systems save you time when
    you index, search through or sort data.  Added Benefit: you save
    more time by using OS/2 when you store your data using the
    fragmentation resistant HPFS file system.  Under almost all
    circumstances, you no longer need to buy, setup or use
    defragmentation utilities.

Appendix: Other Native OS/2 Programs

    There are a number of other native OS/2 programs for which no
    information has been seen by the author about whether or not they
    could be included as examples for:

    o multiple threads (benefit 3)
    o print thread (benefit 3)
    o drag and drop printing (benefit 4)
    o drag and drop faxing (benefit 5)
    o Ultimotion digital video and other compressed digital video
      formats (benefit 6)
    o REXX-enabled (benefit 7)

    Examples of native OS/2 programs for which no other information
    related to benefits 4 through 9 is available include:

    o Stacker 4.0 for OS/2 and DOS (note: disk compression)
    o PartitionMagic (note: FAT, HPFS file systems partition resizing)
    o Lantastic for OS/2 (note: peer to peer networking)
    o RightFax (note: LAN based fax server)
    o Automated Task Scheduler
    o Star Office Suite (note: word processor, spreadsheet and
      graphics, currently available in German, vendor forecasts
      English availability June 1995)
    o Corel Draw Office Suite (note: vendor forecasts late 1995
      general availability)
      - word processor (Wordstar), spreadsheet, graphics
        and database (ported from Alpha 5 for Windows)
    o Corel Ventura (note: desktop publishing, vendor forecasts
      late 1995 general availability)
    o FrameMaker 5 (note: desktop publishing, vendor forecasts
      late 1995 general availability)
    o FrameViewer (note: electronic publishing with portable document 
      format, vendor forecasts late 1995 general availability)
    o Adobe Acrobat programs (note: electronic publishing with
      portable document format, vendor forecasts late 1995
      general availability)
      - Acrobat, Acrobat Pro and Acrobat for Workgroups
    o IconAuthor 6.0 (note: multimedia authoring and playback)
    o Macromedia Director Player for OS/2 (note: multimedia playback,
      vendor forecasts general availability for mid-1995)
    o Check+ (note: personal/SOHO financial management)
    o In Charge (note: personal/SOHO financial management)
    o TaxDollars 1994 for OS/2 Warp (note: tax preparation)
    o Kiplinger's Simply Money (note: personal/SOHO financial
      management, currently in development, check with vendor for
      general availability)
    o Simply Tax (note: tax preparation, currently in development,
      check with vendor for general availability)
    o Simply Vacation (note: CD-ROM vacation planners, editions for
      Hawaii and the Caribbean islands are planned,
      check with vendor for general availability)
    o Simply House (note: CD-ROM with home improvement advice from the
      Stanley Complete Step-by-Step Book of Home Repair and
      Improvement, check with vendor for general availability)
    o Parents magazine's Simply Kids (note: electronic scrapbook
      and child development reference tool, check with vendor for
      general availability)
    o Blackjack and Poker (note: games)
    o Card Games for OS/2 (note: games)
    o Tensor for OS/2 (note: game)
    o JetForm Filler (note: forms software)
    o BarCode Anywhere (note: barcode software)
    o Text Flow (note: OCR - optical character recognition)
    o Genie FlexForm (note: automated forms recognition and datalift)
    o PageTurner 1.0.2 (note: Postscript file viewer and printer)
    o Filenet Workflo (note: image system)
    o OnSpec (note: industrial automation)
    o IBM Workgroup (note: mail, scheduling and calendaring, directory,
      fax and software automation agents, client and server both
      available, vendor forecasts 5/2/95 general availability)
    o NetOp (note: remote control of OS/2, DOS and Windows
      workstations)
    o PM2You (note: remote control of OS/2 and Windows workstations)
    o KopyKat (note: remote control of OS/2 workstations)
    o Spans Map (note: geographical information system)
    o Rhinocom (note: asynchronous communications terminal emulator)
    o Talk Thru for OS/2 (note: asynchronous communications terminal
      emulator)
    o Deluxe American Heritage Dictionary (note: dictionary)
    o Power Translator Professional (note: translations - English,
      French, German and Spanish)
    o IBM CAD/3X (note: computer aided design - CAD)
    o CA Realizer (note: BASIC language - cross platform between
      OS/2 and Windows)
    o RBase (note: SQL DBMS, character mode currently, graphical user
      interface version currently in beta test)
    o HODstar programs (note: help desk)
      - Monitor, Supporter, Broadcast and Pager
    o Group 1 Open Systems programs (note: postal automation and
      database marketing, check with vendor for general availability)
      - CODE-1 Plus, MailStream Plus, List Conversion,
        Merge/Purge Plus, EZ-CASE Plus and Geographic Coding System
    o Desktop Observatory (note: desktop security)
    o Q-SMS (note: desktop security)
    o NetSP (note: single signon to local area networks and hosts)
    o Arcada Backup for Warp (note: backup software)
    o Colorado Backup for OS/2 (note: backup software)
    o Sytos Premium 2.1 (note: backup software)

    IBM maintains a list of some, but not all, native OS/2 programs.
    The list is in a compressed file called OS2APP.ZIP that is
    available from a number of OS/2 information sources.  This list is
    organized by software category.  It includes program name, company
    name and telephone number.  Some of the above programs are also
    included in OS2APP.ZIP.


Disclaimer and Other Concluding Remarks:

    Mention of a product does not constitute an endorsement.
    The author has compiled the information in this document based on
    information from various sources.  The information in this document
    is only as accurate as the information provided to the author.

    Many of the products and product names mentioned in this document
    are protected by registration of copyrights, service marks or
    trademarks.  These are the property of the owners of these
    registrations.

    The author welcomes comments, constructive criticism and additional
    information.  The author is particularly interested in categorizing
    as many native OS/2 programs as possible under benefits
    4 through 9.  The author may be contacted via Compuserve:
    71702,1620, or via the Internet: 71702.1620@compuserve.com.

Copyright Statement:

    Copyright 1995 Jonathan A. Handler
