Well its that time of year again, when OS/2 users hold their annual lovein; of course I'm talking about Warpstock (October 5th & 6th). The annual conference has been held in a variety of places in the past. This time around, the organizers picked Austin, Texas, what was once the hub of OS/2 development by IBM. Nowadays, thanks to the many IBM divisional mergers, its kind of hard to know where control rests for OS/2 within the company. Perhaps Warpstock will help clarify this and the selection of Austin should be applauded (who knows, maybe even David Barnes, who makes Austin his home, will rise from the dead and make a surprise appearance). As usual, Warpstock will have quite a complement of presentations, including: The folks at VOICE are also organizing a CD filled with OS/2 shareware and freeware for distribution at the conference. Sounds like another fine conference by and for OS/2 loyalists. These types of pep-rallys are vital for the survival of the product. IBM OS/2 PRODUCT PLANS Something else that caught my eye this past month was the following Statement of Intent from IBM as found at the IBM Software Choice web site:
Dateline: August 22, 2002 Our intent is to deliver the following features in 4Q2002:
I hope someone at Warpstock pushes the IBM representatives there for specific delivery dates on their product plans. Have a great Warpstock! Enjoy the show. Keep the Faith! |