Warpstock 99 - Atlanta, October 16-17, 1999
            Two fun filled days of OS/2 and YOU!
   Registration discount has been extended to October 14th!
       Visit http://www.warpstock.org for full details             
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Source: Dan Casey (dcasey@iquest.net)
Moderator: Trevor Smith (trevor@haligonian.com)
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David Moskowitz has been a part of the OS/2 community since 
the first beta of OS/2 1.0 in 1987.  He and Noel Bergman 
started the first OS/2 User Group in the country 
in Philadelphia as a part of the Philadelphia Area Computer
Society.  He has produced 4 books about OS/2 including the 
world wide best selling OS/2 Warp Unleashed and written 
numerous articles about all facets of OS/2.  He developed 
workshops for IBM to help developers migrate their 
applications to OS/2, and was even a consultant to Microsoft 
in the early days of the operating system.  More recently, 
he worked with IBM as an OS/2 expert at the 1998 Winter 
Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan.

Collectively, the 3 editions of the Unleashed series have 
sold over 750,000 copies world wide.  Warp Unleashed was 
translated into numerous languages including Japanese, 
German, Swedish, Russian, and Italian.  He was a 
contributing editor for OS/2 Magazine in the USA, wrote 
regular columns for Pointers in the UK and OS/2 World in 
Japan.  His workshops for IBM were based upon his first 
book, "Converting Applications to OS/2" 1989, Brady Books.  

He is currently working in the Java and e-Commerce space 
helping clients fully utilize today's technologies in 
heterogeneous environments where he uses IBM's VisualAge 
as well as IBM's Java implementations.   

You don't want to miss the first of his four presentations 
at Warpstock, "OS/2 Problem Solver".  You've got problems, 
we've got answers.  If you are having problems with OS/2, 
making it work in a multisystem environment, or networking 
(including cable modems), make sure you catch this session.  
There will be time for your questions, too.

Next, "OS/2 - Then, Now and ??" will lead you on a path 
through time as David explains how OS/2 got where it is
and where it is going.  From the first release of OS/2 1.0 
as beta in 1987 through 1999 David traces the 12 plus years 
from personal experience.  From his first book, "Converting 
Applications to OS/2" (1989) which was based upon OS/2 1.0, 
written on a Compaq Portable II with 16 Mb RAM and a 40 Mb 
hard drive through the 1994 best seller, OS/2 Warp Unleashed 
(SAMS Publishing), David has been part of the OS/2 community.  
During this session he will share memories about the past, 
observations about the present and predictions for the future.

"Java in the Real World: A case study", will cut through the
hype, and get to the bottom of this thing called Java.  
Everywhere you go you read about Java this and Java that.  
Are you thinking about using Java with your mission 
critical line of business applications? This session is for 
you if you want to learn the mistakes to avoid, or the 
things that work, or if you just want to compare your 
experiences to two other companies that have, "been there, 
tried it and done it." 

Finally, "What you don't know about Java Security will hurt 
you" is a your wake up call to security issues in a Java 
environment.  Java 2 (aka Java 1.2) introduces a new 
security manager.  Merely knowing what's new and improved 
isn't enough.  Is your code secure? Are you sure? Really 
sure?  You have to decide upon the proper balance between 
totally secure and extensible.  This session presents the 
basic rules you should follow to assure that your code 
isn't vulnerable to either accidental or malicious attack.  
Does your code follow them all?  Did you know that following 
only some of them can provide a window of vulnerability? 
Don't assume it is secure.

From an OS/2 retrospective to cutting edge Java security 
issues, David Moskowitz has the presentations that you
want to hear.  Don't miss his unique perspective and vision 
for the future of OS/2 at the premier OS/2 event of the 
century, Warpstock '99 Atlanta.

For complete information on Warpstock, see:

  http://www.warpstock.org/ 
 
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