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=== IACT ANNOUNCEMENT ===
 
 
Date: November 23rd, 1998
 
 
If you haven't already, take  a  moment to see our autumn 
Issue #4 of the  IQ  Newsletter,  offering  you  original,  
one-of-a-kind articles--  and in each one of this Issue's 
selections, you'll find your favorite operating system, 
OS/2!

Be  sure  to  check  out  the Newsletter commentary, 
"FreeOS/2: Ready for Prime  Time?"  by  OS/2  user  +  
software developer John Drabik.  He explores the issue of  
user,  programmer  and  investor dissatisfaction  with  
IBM,  and  offers us a plan to replace IBM's OS/2 with a  
*free*  equivalent,  perhaps  modeled  upon Linux.  If
enough OS/2 users show serious interest in this plan as 
outlined in his IACT commentary, then John Drabik is 
offering to dedicate a new web server to the FreeOS/2  
movement!   Please read about his offer today, then pass 
along the IACT address [below] to your  colleagues and 
friends who may wish to participate.

We also posted a brand  new  `24x7  Report` plus we updated 
our new Testimonial Project, our growing collection of 
testimonials  on the  "Microsoft-only"  bias  that  affects  
all of us who rely upon computers.  Already, we're hearing 
from OS/2 users who have faced a problem with limited or no 
access to resources, merely because they wished to use OS/2 
instead of Windows-based software.  We need your help-- so 
grab your copy  of  the  Directions  and send in your own
testimonials for posting at our site!

To read the IQ Newsletter and 24x7 Reports, or to  get  
details on Project 2, please use the hyperlinks on our 
website's Cover Page at the IACT address--

       http://pages.cthome.net/iact/
 
Many  of  you  in  the  OS/2  community already know that 
the 2 European Chapters of IACT are  now officially closed 
and dissolved, due to logistical and structural reasons.
 
All   projects   started  by  their  Chapters  are  
terminated. IACT-Deutschland's webmaster  Marcus  Specht,  
busy  with plans for Warpstock Europe in December, promptly 
took their Chapter web pages off-line a few weeks ago.  We 
at IACT support the  efforts  of  him and his partners to 
advance the use of OS/2 in Europe.
 
At  this  posting, the 3 members of the former Chapter in 
Italy hadn't  yet changed the name of their website and 
group, to reflect the closing of IACT-Italia,  plus  avoid  
any further use of IACT's name and membership to promote 
their  private  legal  complaint  in Italy.   If  they 
would build their own non-profit group outside of IACT  
that  would,  like  IACT  does,  actively  focus  on 
consumer education and public outreach to advance  fine  
platforms  such  as OS/2, then IACT might support them 
if/when they do it.

As our members and supporters know, we  are  an  
Internet-based organization,  with  a  grass-roots  cause 
for more open standards, freedom of choice and better 
access to compatible technology.  With our focus on  
positive  solutions,  IACT's  open  approach  appeals
especially to the OS/2 community.  The majority of our 
members like you  rely  upon  OS/2,  often  in  combination  
with  other   major platforms,  while  OS/2ers  also  are  
among the most active, vocal members in IACT!
 
With our 2nd year  approaching,  we  will continue offering 
the OS/2 community more articles, projects and information, 
through our one original website at

     http://pages.cthome.net/iact/
 
and we have no other websites or sources that represent 
IACT or our members at this time.

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