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Source: Chris Graham (chrisg@warpspeed.com.au)
       (forwarded from Katy Ansardi)
Moderator: Trevor Smith (editor@os2ezine.com)
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A short time ago, ZDNet posted an article entitled "IBM suffocates
Warp", by Joseph C. Panettieri and Esther Schindler.  The original
article can be found at:

  http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/news/0518/19mibm.html 

This letter was written to ZDNet in reply to that article:


  A portion of today's OS/2 Update Call with Jeff Smith was devoted
  to a discussion of the Smart Reseller article entitled "IBM
  suffocates Warp". Following is IBM's response to the editor.

  - Katy Ansardi

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  To the Editor:

  The assertion that IBM has "officially signed OS/2 Warp's death
  certificate" (Smart Reseller, 5/18/98) is simply not true. IBM has
  clearly and repeatedly stated that if it makes sense from a
  business perspective for us to support Intel's upcoming Merced
  chip, then we will do so.

  While the article states that IBM has no plans for future updates
  for the OS/2 Warp client we do, in fact, continue to deliver
  upgrades to both the client and server products via CD and our
  Internet delivery site called Software Choice at
  http://www.software.ibm.com/os2warp. This method delivers more
  value for our target customers because it allows them to
  download fixes and upgrades when they need them, instead of
  waiting for a new product release or update. They can also select
  which features they need for their particular businesses and
  thereby reduce testing of product features that will not be used.
  Our recent delivery of a preview of Java 1.1.6 for OS/2 Warp at
  http://ncc.hursley.ibm.com/javainfo/porting/portos2.html is an
  example.

  And contrary to the article, the next release of OS/2 Warp Server
  will have many enhancements that address the areas that are
  important to our medium to large enterprise customers. These
  enhancements include out-of-box support for Year 2000 and euro
  currency, and a new high-performance Journaling File System from
  IBM's Unix operating system, AIX, that will offer faster
  performance, improved scalability and enhanced Web serving
  capabilities.

  We look forward to sharing with the reporters and readers of Smart
  Reseller additional information on the features that will be
  included in our upcoming releases of OS/2 Warp Server and
  WorkSpace On-Demand, as well as added functionality for the OS/2
  Warp client.

  Regards,
  Richard Seibt
  General Manager
  OS/2 Business Unit

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