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Pinnacle ships Desktop Commander
Corporate administrators who need to deliver customized OS/2 desktops to their users now have a new option. Desktop Commander from Pinnacle Technology can deliver create instant user or department-specific desktops anywhere in an organization when they login to the network. Easy upgrades to their flagship Desktop Observatory are available for those who need increased security. Check it out at http://www.pinnacletech.com.

Adobe Acrobat for OS/2 Beta
Adobe has made available for downloading a beta version of the Adobe Acrobat reader for OS/2. Acrobat allows complex documents to be stored as small PDF files that can be opened, viewed and printed on many platforms. Font and formatting information is imbedded in the documents, so you need not have the fonts the document was created in to see it as originally designed. Download your copy from [].

Online OS/2 Petition Drives


Several grass-roots online petition drives have started to combat negative OS/2 press and encourage software developers to produce more OS/2 software. Plug into Innoval's Ever-Onward OS/2 Campaign at http://www.aescon.com/innoval/everos2/, or Greg Boyko's E-Mail Campaign at http://www.andrews.edu/~boyko/email.html.



Merlin is Taking Shape
News and press releases from IBM's Austin labs are starting to stream out about the new features of the next OS/2, code-named "Merlin". Already we have been promised voice navigation and speech dictation, a Java-enhanced web browser and integration of Java into the operating system, as well as an enhanced interface. Check out the latest press releases at http://www.austin.ibm.com/pspinfo