IBM PSP Developer Support News - 1994 - Issue 7



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SUMMARY OF CONTENTS

Worldwide Developer Assistance    Contents. Requirements for access. Program Repository on Internet    How to enroll for access. Guest accounts. Contact information.

Several Offerings to              Eligibility for Commercial/Premier Commercial/Premier Services       Services. Software discounts. Members of the IBM Developer      Software manufacturing services. Assistance Program                Videodisc mastering and replication. CD-ROM replication. PLV compression services. NOTE: This item is 533 lines long.

PSP Advertising Program Offers    Discounted rates in high-impact Advertising Discounts to Hardware publications. Available to developers and Software Developers and PC    who pass IBM's certification tests Manufacturers                     for OS/2 and LAN Systems. Introducing the Personal Software Products Advertising Program. Here's how you'll benefit. The power of the IBM name. How to participate.

The Developer Connection for      List of all contents. Categories: OS/2, Volume 4                    Bitmaps; Communication Tools; Databases; Development Tools; Editors; IBM OS/2; LAN Systems Tools; Multimedia Tools; Product Overviews; Productivity Tools; Service; Source Code; Source Code from The Developer Connection News; Test Tools; On-Line Documentation. NOTE: This item is 311 lines long.

OS/2 Performance Beta I Now       Performance improvements. Solutions Available                         to customer-driven requirements. Goals. Expectations. Prerequisites. Downloading the OS/2 Performance beta. IBM employee downloading. IBM employee feedback.

OS/2 Certification Program in     Benefits of certification. Obtaining Europe, Middle East, and Africa   test suites.

OS/2 is "Best of Show" at         OS/2 Performance Beta gets top honors COMDEX/Spring, Windows World '94  during major Windows trade show. Performance Beta overview. Participating in the Beta.

IBM Ships Five Millionth Copy of  PC Magazine Editors' Choice. OS/2 -- Earns 37th Industry       Industry consultant's assessment. Recognition Award                 Two top honors from InfoWorld. DATAMATION Product of the Year. Recognition around the world.

OS/2 2.x Industry Awards to Date  List of the 42 awards given to OS/2 2.x.

Pen for OS/2 1.0 and PenDOS 2.2   Overview. Description. Hardware requirements. Software requirements. Compatibility. Limitations. Performance considerations. Charges.

PC DOS Upgrade Special Available  PC DOS 6.1 to 6.3 upgrade. Internet on Internet                       address for anonymous FTP. Available worldwide through 30 September 1994.

IBM AntiVirus Version 1.06 for    Features of version 1.06 of DOS, Windows, OS/2, NetWare        AntiVirus, AntiVirus LAN, and AntiVirus for NetWare. Charges. How to obtain.

Subscription To Technical         4 quarterly or 12 monthly updates. Connection CD-ROM Now Available   Contents. Also offered with Personal Systems Support Family. Prices.

IBM Exploits Emerging Technology  Overview of latest announcements in                                   multimedia, object, parallel processing, optimization, and distributed computing.

Application Productivity Family   Products and services that enhance Overview                          application development processes across a range of development and execution environments, including: Enterprise 3GL Client/Server; Enterprise 4GL Client/Server; Departmental Client/Server; Workgroup C++; AS/400; Engineering/Scientific; and Personal Productivity. Solutions for application development needs. Improve productivity and access to                                  data. Build robust client/server applications. Exploit object technology to speed application development. The seven application environments. AD vendor strategy. Publications. NOTE: This item is 691 lines long.

IBM VisualGen: A New Generation   Capitalize on existing technology of Rapid Application Development  while moving to client/ server Tools                             environment. Create and test client/server applications. Object-oriented GUI design and construction in a 4GL environment.

IBM VisualGen Version 1.0 --      Define, test, and generate GUI client Workstation Components            applications, server applications, and single-system applications in a                                  single development environment. Solutions for distributed function and remote database client/server models. Features in brief. Application developer productivity. Enabling new applications. Portability. Increased capacity / performance improvement. Statement of                                  general direction. VisualGen Rapid Application Development Services Offering. VisualGen Turnkey Services Offering. Hardware requirements. Software requirements. Planning information. Ordering information. Program upgrade. Charges. NOTE: This item is 751 lines long.

IBM PL/I for OS/2 Version 1       Use Professional Edition to write Release 1 Professional and        applications that access Personal Editions                 cross-platform data using the DB2 product family. Use Personal Edition to write applications for the PC or                                  LAN environment. PL/I for OS/2 Version 1.1--Toolkit. Features in                                  brief. Application development productivity aids. Professional Edition system management; growth enablement; business solutions. Personal Edition system management; growth enablement; business solutions. Hardware requirements. Software requirements. Compatibility. Program upgrade. Charges. NOTE: This item is 416 lines long.

IBM PL/I for OS/2--Professional   40 percent discount on program Edition Version 1.1 Introductory  package and additional license copies Offering                          through 30 September 1994.

IBM ReDiscovery/2                 Improved access to application components, including classification schemes and search-and-retrieve functions. Build descriptions of                                  reusable components. Locate reusable components. Search and selection savings on reusable code. Application developer productivity. Constraint relief. Product positioning. Maintenance. Softcopy publications. Hardware requirements. Software requirements. Charges. NOTE: This item is 302 lines long.

IBM DB2 Client Application        Client Application Enabler products Enablers and DB2 Software         enable application programs running Developer's Kits                  on client workstations to access data stored in IBM DB2 relational databases on a LAN or host. Enhancements. Features in brief. Novell NetWare support. NetBIOS communication protocol. DB2 software developer's kits. Growth provision. Asset protection. Business solutions. Systems management. User productivity. Product positioning. Hardware requirements. Software requirements. Ordering information. Charges. NOTE: This item is 706 lines long.

Statement of Direction: IBM       Planned functions and features. Smalltalk for OS/2, Version 2.0   Projected benefits. and IBM Smalltalk for Windows, Version 2.0

Statement of Direction:           Enhancements planned for Version 2. VisualAge for OS/2, Version 2.0   Object Connection. Projected and VisualAge for Windows,        benefits. Version 2.0

Statement of Direction: IBM LAN   Intent to deliver VisualGen teams Library and Management Facility   suite. Software configuration management functions. Version control. Configuration management. Application build. Electronic software packaging and distribution. Change control. Problem tracking. Managing software development.

PSP Show Schedule for the Next    Trade shows at which PSP is Month                              participating.

Software DEVCON '94, 20-24 June,  Largest software conference in Wiesbaden, Germany                 Germany. Conference subjects. Over 70 exhibits. IBM exhibits.

Free Pen Seminar at PC Expo,      Developers present three-hour 28 June, Plus Free Admission to   seminar. Topics. Registration for PC PC Expo Exhibits                  Expo not required.

Two Marketing Opportunities for   For exhibitors only. IBM's Show & ISVs Exhibitors at the OS/2 World Sell. AEGIS Product Marketing Forum. Conference and Exhibition         Signing up for exhibit space. Deadline 24 June.

1994 APPC/APPN Technical          The only conference concentrating on Conference, 12-15 July, Boston     APPC and APPN. Learn in less than a                                  week. Conference highlights. Special three-track sessions. Registration and more information.

OS/2 Technical Update '94, 11-14  The IBM connection. Three basic September, Atlanta                elements. Link up. And the winner is                                  ...  List of conference tracks. The registration package. About your registration. Conference fees. Payment of fees. Cancellations and substitutions. Travel. Attendee registration form. NOTE: This item is 405 lines long.

Schedule of OS/2 Technical        List of upcoming OS/2 technical Conferences                       conferences.

OS/2 Distributors in Europe,      List of distributors as of 27 May Middle East, and Africa           1994.

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

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

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 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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