Fifteen reasons to choose OS/2 Warp
Why are people choosing OS/2 Warp? Here's what some current OS/2 users are saying:
Because of its stability
- John Wunderlin, Senior Dev. Ctr. Analyst, Lands' End
"OS/2's stability means that mission-critical business functions aren't interrupted by runaway Windows programs. If a Windows program crashes, it doesn't stop host access or other programs. That means less lost work and less downtime."
Bottom Line: OS/2 Warp is in its third generation as a battle-tested and proven 32-bit operating system.
Because of its true multitasking
- Doug Strock, LAN Specialist, Dow Corning Corp.
"When we migrated from DOS to OS/2 in our department, we skipped over Windows because we needed true multitasking capabilities. OS/2 Warp permits us to process thousands of incoming documents, retrieve existing ones, print others in the background, send and receive e-mail, and work with other host and LAN applications all at the same time."
Bottom Line: OS/2 Warp is a true 32-bit, preemptive multitasking operating system.
Because of its value
- John Robinson, Systems Manager, South Carolina Department of Recreation and Tourism
"With OS/2 Warp Connect you get Warp, you get LAN Server client, you get Lotus Notes Express, and TCP/IP. There's really no better product on the market for the money."
Bottom Line: IBM is committed to delivering valuable, effective software at the best price.
Because of its 32-bit performance
Brent Byrd, Director, Technical Services, Lee Apparel "The fact that it has a 32-bit engine, the fact that it has faster graphics, the fact that it can support all our Windows 3.1 applications, the fact that it can install faster, the fact that we're delivering solutions to the business, these are the important things."
Bottom Line: OS/2 Warp is built from the ground up to be fast and powerful - what a 32-bit operating system should be.
Because of Internet access
- Dr. Eric Larson, Researcher, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
"OS/2 slid into this environment with alacrity. It was sure nice to just install the software and go. We spent weeks getting our DOS and Windows machines onto the network as clients. I would never do that again -- far too many arcane commands for a one-time installation. With OS/2 Warp, it was dead easy. The WebExplorer in Warp is clearly one of the best ways to search the World Wide Web. Its multi-threaded design lets you read text while continuing to download graphics. The one-button installation of the kit is wonderful. Literally 10 minutes after deciding to install it, at home, I was using a SLIP connection through the university's modem bank."
Bottom Line: OS/2 Warp provides one-button access to the Internet, surfing tools and a choice of network providers.
Because of its interoperability
- Jim Flannery, Wide Area Network Engineer, MCI
"It works! I could not begin to put all our different hardware together with Microsoft applications and systems and guarantee it all to work. I've been there and it doesn't work. That's why we use OS/2."
Bottom Line: OS/2 Warp is based on open, published industry standards.
Because of its reliability
- Walter Leonard, CIO, Wachovia Bank
"OS/2 Warp is the most reliable and industrial strength operating system. When you put 500 LANs out there with no technicians close by, stability is very important."
Bottom Line: Today IBM delivers enterprise-wide stability and remote management of software ranging from desktops to mainframes. (Microsoft does not.)
Because of its investment protection
Jeremy MeHarg, Director, Education Technology, Burnaby South School "The future OS/2 promised in the past is happening now... in Warp. I really feel good about the decision we made to invest in OS/2 a couple of years ago because it is starting to show off some of the things we only dreamt about back then."
Bottom Line: IBM delivers what customers ask for by providing them with choices and a competitive edge.
Because of its application support
- Virgil Pittman, CIO, Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.
"We needed to integrate our mission critical applications with off-the-shelf software in an industrial-strength, client/server environment and OS/2 was the one operating system that could pull it all together for us."
Bottom Line: OS/2 Warp with its Win-OS/2 capability provides memory management and multitasking benefits to DOS, Windows and OS/2 applications.
Because of its productivity
- James Troxell, Vice President, Eddie Elias Enterprises
"Because OS/2 Warp is integrated with my desktop, cutting and pasting and printing and faxing is really easy. I can actually grab something off the Internet and fax it immediately, without ever copying it. That kind of response time is really appreciated by my clients."
Bottom Line: Applications work in concert on OS/2 Warp's desktop automatically because of its object-oriented technology.
Because of its flexibility
- Marcus Malone, Vice President, NationsBank
"OS/2 provides the reliability, responsiveness and flexibility required to support NationsBank's customer sales and service environment. Windows wasn't robust enough to run management applications in the background. Plus, the main application we wanted to run was on DOS and OS/2 only."
Bottom Line: OS/2 Warp with its Win-OS/2 capability preemptively multitasks DOS, Windows and OS/2 applications.
Because of its connectivity
- Jim Miller Manager, PC Department Enterprise Rent-A-Car
"We decided against Windows because we felt we needed the communications capabilities that OS/2 gives us, as well as the ability to run multiple applications concurrently."
Bottom Line: OS/2 Warp Connect provides flexibility for communicating and networking anytime, anywhere.
Because of its ease of use
- Russell Judd, Manager, IS Development, Great Lakes Higher Ed. Corp.
"OS/2's object-oriented graphical user interface provides an easy-to-use platform which, with multitasking, has helped to reduce our development cycle time significantly. What we're really excited about is that it is making our end-users, many of whom are PC novices, become much more proficient on PCs. In fact, some of them are almost turning into power users, using OS/2's built-in tools and applets to solve problems on their own."
Bottom Line: OS/2 Warp's award-winning graphical user interface is object oriented, allowing users at every level to increase their productivity.
Because of its scalability
- Jim Steinbiser Director, App. Development, General Public Utilities
"OS/2 Warp offers us a common look and feel across several different platforms. It's everywhere, from our laptops in our trucks to our desktop clients and SMP servers in the office. We even plan to put it on our PDAs in the future. It's nice to be able to run your applications across your platforms seamlessly."
Bottom Line: OS/2 Warp scales across platforms as a client or a server with a single API.