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Source: Tim Bryce (timb001@ibm.net)
Moderator: Christopher B. Wright (wrightc@dtcweb.com)
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TAMPA BAY JAVA USERS' GROUP (TBJUG) ANNOUNCED

OS/2 user group migrates to Java

DECEMBER 3, 1998 - The Tampa Bay OS/2 Users' Group (TBOUG) formally 
closed its doors after five years of operation but is re-opening on 
January 1st as the Tampa Bay Java Users' Group (TBJUG).  At TBOUG's 
year-end meeting held December 2nd, the membership voted to change its 
name and focus to TBJUG effective the first of the new year.  

"The shift to Java was inevitable," said TBOUG Founder and current 
Secretary Tim Bryce.  "IBM is putting a lot of emphasis on Java and 
less on its operating systems, consequently the move to a Java based
user group is only natural."  

Java is a programming language developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. which 
provides developers with the ability to write computer software 
that will run the same on multiple computer platforms without having 
to re-compile the source code; "Write once, run anywhere" is the Java 
slogan.

The move to Java does not mean an abandonment of OS/2 by the user group.

"Quite the contrary," contends Bryce, "IBM just released version 1.1.7 
of its Java Development Kit for OS/2 Warp to rave reviews.  
Consequently we will continue to support OS/2, as well as any other 
operating platform supporting Java, such as Unix, Windows NT, Linux, 
Macintosh, etc."  

The user group will now be divided into three separate committees with
a different Java theme:

*  Programming Committee - will discuss techniques and tools used 
   for the development of Java programs.

*  Applications Committee - will review Java based programs, 
   particularly packaged software.

*  Operating Systems Committee - to discuss developments of operating
   systems that enable Java.

The committees will meet in parallel sessions before holding a general
meeting for the whole user group which will continue to meet at IBM's 
LakePointe One Building in Tampa on the first Wednesday of the month except 
when it conflicts with a major holiday.  The next couple of meetings will 
be held January 13th and February 3rd; the group is planning on 
initially offering free instruction in Java to the public in order 
to generate awareness of the user group.

TBJUG is governed by an Executive Board presided over by Al Stephan
of BBF Printing in Largo (genman@bbfprinting.com).

TBOUG was originally founded in December 1993 as a not-for-profit, 
vendor-independent group supporting users in the Tampa Bay area of 
Florida.  For more information, the group can be contacted at:

Tampa Bay Java Users' Group
c/o M. Bryce & Associates, Inc.
777 Alderman Road
Palm Harbor, FL  34683
Tel:  727/786-4567
Fax:  727/786-4765
E-Mail:  timb001@ibm.net
WWW:  http://www.os2ss.com/connect/tbjug/welcome.htm

PLEASE OBSERVE OUR NEW WEB ADDRESS ABOVE AND ADJUST ANY LINKS TO 
OUR WEB PAGE!

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