IBM PSP Developer Support News - 1994 - Issue 10 Summary



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SUMMARY OF CONTENTS

IBM Worldwide Developer           Responding to requests. Tools, Assistance Program Announces      utilities, information available on Repository on Internet             Internet. DAP Information Library. Requirements for access. Current Worldwide DAP members. Non-DAP members. Enrollment. More information.

IBM to Release Warp Beta 2        Available during week of 15 August. More productivity enhancements. Applications BonusPak. Designed for business, mobile, and home users. Overview of usability enhancements. Overview of BonusPak applications. Windows support. Acquiring Warp Beta 2 in the USA. Acquiring Warp Beta 2 in Europe, Middle East, and Africa.

SMART Analysis Program Sample     Two main parts. SMART Analysis Output and Explanation            output. Explanation of report. Factors affecting the porting process. Evaluating the porting process. Final summary. The GA                                  version of SMART. Outsourcing. NOTE: This item is 616 lines long.

Updates to OS/2 Device-Driver     Change of dates for two workshops. Developer Workshops Schedule      More information. Registration. About the Device-Driver Support Center.

IBM's Taligent Application        Begins in August. Encourages Frameworks (ITAF) Early           development of TalAE-exploitive Experience Program                tools and applications. TalAE technology. OS/2, AIX, OS/400 support. TalAE overview. EEP phases. EEP objectives. ITAF functional description (phases 2 and 3). Independent portability frameworks. GUI frameworks. Taligent programming model. Workplace Shell integration. Benefits for participants. EEP components. Participant selection criteria. Required hardware and software. Technical support. Education. More information. NOTE: This item is 360 lines long.

New Book: Taligent's Guide to     Developer's view of the Taligent Designing Programs                Operating Environment. Information about the book.

Lotus Development Corp. Joins     Lotus joins CI Labs as full member. Component Integration             Component software. Adopting object Laboratories, Inc. technologies. CI Labs mission. OpenDoc facts. More information.

OpenDoc Spreadsheet for OS/2      Mesa 2 for OS/2. Full exploitation Coming Soon from Athena Design    of OS/2. REXX compatibility. Sparking interest in object orientation. Introductory offer. More information.

IBM Team Wins at Object World in  Swiss developers win the category San Francisco                     "Best object-oriented application                                   with components for multiple use". More than 50 percent of objects are reuseable. Project details.

IBM Mail Exchange for IBMLink     IBMLink now connected to IBMMAIL. Users                             Advantis VAN interconnection list. Directory services. Service functions. IBM Mail Exchange charges. IBMLink charges. Ordering information.

New OS/2 Development Tools:       Three new products for today's IBM's PL/I for OS/2 Family         programmer. Get client/ server right with PL/I. Benefit from OS/2 ease of                                  use and performance. Access DB2. Develop CICS applications in a                                  client/server environment. Develop IMS Client Server/2 applications. Tailor PL/I to your organization. Improve your productivity. Clean up                                  your PL/I applications with a                                   graphical facility. Benefit from new PL/I language features. Mainframe compatibility. Choose the PL/I that's                                  right for you. Features of PL/I for OS/2 Personal Edition. Features of                                  PL/I for OS/2 Professional Edition. Features of PL/I for OS/2 Toolkit. Installation information. Ordering information.

List of All Files (Except         Filename. On which OS/2 diskette. Multimedia) in OS/2 2.1            Installed into which directory. Function. Total files listed = 1,303. NOTE: This item is 2,002 lines long.

Latest OS/2 2.x Industry Awards   List of the most recent industry awards given to OS/2 2.x.

Common Open Client/Server Terms   The more common terms and their definitions. NOTE: This item is 316 lines long.

APPC Developer Assistance Program For developing APPC or CPI-C applications. Technical, business, and marketing support. Two goals. More information.

IBM Developer Assistance Program  Five-day workshop. Audience. Topics. Workshop: OS/2 DCE Administration Objectives. Prerequisite. Fee. Schedule. Enrollment.

IBM Developer Assistance Program  Five-day workshop. Audience. Topics. Workshop: DCE Hands-On            Objectives. Prerequisites. Fee. Application Programming for OS/2, Schedule. Enrollment. AIX, and Windows

IBM Developer Assistance Program  Four-day course. Class content. Fee. Workshop: Programming with DCE    Schedule. Enrollment. Security and Writing ACL Managers

IBM Personal Software Products    PSP trade show participation in the August/September 1994 USA Show    USA during August and September. Schedule

IBM Demonstration at ONE BBSCON   17 through 21 August in Atlanta. Ultimate learning center for BBSs. Using OS/2 as BBS operating system. Registration and more information.

OS/2 Technical Interchange 1994,  Over 150 sessions in 10 categories. 19 through 23 September, Berlin,  Overview of categories. More Germany                           information.

DB2 Technical Conference, 25      Focus on DB2 family of products. through 30 September, Orlando,    Conference highlights. More for Florida                           managers. Two keynote presentations. Query panels. Third annual DB2 EXPO. Conference schedule. Elective sessions. Conference fee. Registration. Hotel arrangements. More information. NOTE: This item is 345 lines long.

Guest Access to Europe / Middle   For an overview of services and an East / Africa DAP BBS              application form.

McGraw-Hill Book Discount         25 percent off all McGraw-Hill books. Available to Europe / Middle      Where to find McGraw-Hill catalog. East / Africa DAP members

The Networking Software Market in Overview. Receptivity score. Market Singapore                         assessment. Best sales prospects. Factors affecting purchasing decisions. Receptiveness to U.S.                                  software. Recommendations. Key contacts. NOTE: This item is 466 lines long.

How to Join the IBM Developer     Worldwide Services. US Commercial Assistance Program                Services. US Premier Services. Developer Assistance Program contacts worldwide.

IBM Canada OS/2 Developer         Worldwide DAP. Canadian OS/2 DAP. The Assistance Programs               Developer Connection for OS/2. Certification Programs. Phone numbers in Canada.

The IBM Developer Assistance      Overview. Open to anyone actively Program in Europe, Middle East,   developing for OS/2. Bulletin boards and Africa                        and CD-ROMs. Discounts. Technical seminars. HelpFax. Application marketing. CompuServe support. Programming tools and information. More information.

Subscription Information for The  Worldwide phone and fax numbers for Developer Connection for OS/2 and ordering. the IBM Device Driver Source Kit (DDK) for OS/2

800 Phone Numbers

Trademarks, Registered Trademarks, Service Marks

Where to Find IBM PSP Developer Support News (DSNEWS)

Outside IBM ---

DSNEWS zipped files are found on several e-mail and BBS systems:

o America Online, in the OS/2 forum, in the Newsletters library o CompuServe, in OS2DF2 forum, *DAP library section 14 and in OS2DF1 forum, OPEN FORUM library section 15 o Fidonet, in the OS2 Information file area, FWOS2INFO o GEnie, in OS/2 Software Library 16 o Hitline mailbox (Switzerland), in file area 8 o IBM Canada BBS, in file area 35, OS/2 Programming o IBM Europe/Middle East/Africa (E/ME/A) DAP BBS, in file area GENERAL.DOCS o IBM France OS/2 Developer Assistance Program BBS, in area PUBS01 o IBM OS2BBS (TALKLink), in OS/2 Software Library, in Documents and Info o IBM Personal Computer Company BBS, in file area 11, OS/2 Programming o Internet, via anonymous ftp from software.watson.ibm.com, in   directory /pub/os2/info; or via Gopher from index.almaden.ibm.com, in the OS/2 Information menu o NIFTY-Serve (Japan), in FIBMFEEL forum, library section 4 o OS2NET (Europe), on all OS2NET bulletin boards in Europe, usually in   the DSNEWS download area o PRODIGY, in the OS/2 Club topic's download library, in IBM Files

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