Articles needed

2001-12-27 12:08:16 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [VOICENWS]

If anyone has some time over the holidays and wants to do something to help the OS/2 community, a great way would be to write an article for the VOICE Newsletter or OS/2 eZine. You don't have to be a professional writer to do this. You just need a story to tell.

Do you have some new hardware or a new software application that you would like to let others know works under OS/2 or eComStation? A How-To article is easy to write, just keep a record of everything you did to get something working. Review articles can help generate interest in a particular piece of software or let people know what hardware works with OS/2.

For more on writing an article for VOICE please see our Submission Guidelines. We currently accept articles written in English or German. Please send any article ideas to editor.

For more on writing articles for OS/2 eZine please see The OS/2eZine Press Room. Please send any article ideas to editor

Some updates in www.os2.spb.ru

2001-12-27 12:02:43 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ www.os2.spb.ru]

Hardware section was replenished; useful info about Opera browser was published; some additions in collection of scipts.

Merry Christmas!

2001-12-25 03:22:45 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [www.ecomstation.ru]

The webteam of eComStation.Ru wishes all OS/2 users and their families a Merry Christmas! Those who will be unable to visit our site up to Orthodox Christmas - we wish you a happy New Year! =)

Small competition for russian users

2001-12-24 04:06:50 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [www.ecomstation.ru]

Users must collect info about os/2 software for APeCS software catalogue. The most active will win football-jersey.

Visit http://teamos2.ru to get more.

OS/2 Christmas e-cards for FREE!

2001-12-14 18:50:42 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [VOICENWS, Filip Molcan]

On OS/2.cz, you can find some Christmas OS/2 e-cards and PFs for the next year... So, you can send these e-cards to your friends... and all is FREE!

Picture Gallery of three days of digital madness in the Netherlands

2001-12-04 19:07:28 -- Igor Vanin [VOICENWS, Gerrit Schoenmaker]

The Dutch OS/2 usergroup presents OS/2 and eCS at the HCC-days on 23, 24 and 25 november at Utrecht. Pictures of this annual event of digital madness are published on the os2-gg.hobby.nl website daily, starting at the 23th of november.

The December 2001 issue of the VOICE Newsletter

2001-12-03 02:54:50 -- Igor Vanin [VOICENWS, Mark Dodel]

The December 2001 issue of the VOICE Newsletter is now online.

In this month's issue you will find:

• The Editors of VOICE speak out: Pay to play
• Cisco 340 PCMCIA Wireless network card, By: Mark Dodel
• Interview with Serenity's Bob StJohn, By: Jason R Stefanovich
• An OS/2 History Lesson: OS/2 2.1, By: Michal Necasek
• A short report on Warpstock Europe, By: Menno Willemse
• Manual Installation of Win32-applications using Odin - Part 4, By: Herwig Bauernfeind
• BBC News Ticker (and AOL) for eComStation and OS/2 Warp, By: Timothy F. Sipples
• Multi-language websites with Apache web server, By: Christian Langanke
• And of course the VOICE OS/2 Tips, letters and the compiled monthly OS/2 news!

Microsoft settlement analysis

2001-11-27 16:58:26 -- Lazy [madodel@ptdprolog.net]

An analysis of the Microsoft settlement in regards to California can be found at pseudothought.com site. The actual document can be obtained here. Yes it is in .doc format, and is large (280K) but is viewable in Lotus Word Pro 1.6. Essentially Microsoft's only penalty is to donate old pcs and software to schools, something they do anyway, and which is more of a benefit to them (tax write-off, eliminates competition, binds young people to Microsoft only software, Microsoft gets rid of old software they can't sell anyway) then any possible penalty and will actually cost the schools money to support this. Who ever wrote this proposed settlement should be deeply ashamed. It's really just a marketing ploy for MSFT.

Since I am breaking my own rule in mentioning the Microsoft case on the list I may as well also mention Tom Nadeau's take on the USDOJ settlement as well "Microsoft on Truth Serum: The Antitrust Settlement Line-by-Line".

Virtual PC for OS/2 screenshots

2001-11-27 16:56:34 -- Igor Vanin [VOICENWS, Filip Molcan]

You can download pack of 16 screenshots of Virtual PC for OS/2 and ECS in the Download section of OS/2.cz! Thanks to Jan Beitl for these images.

Some fun stuff related to OS/2

2001-11-15 21:58:34 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecsru space]

Large mugs and sweatshirts. Low prices, high quality. Here.

IBM auctions on eBay

2001-11-15 20:02:35 -- Igor Vanin [VOICENWS]

Maybe others were aware of this, but it was news to me that IBM is now peddling old and refurbed merchandise and parts on eBay.

Nothing directly OS/2 related, but lot's of systems (Netvistas, ThinkPads and servers(need an AS/400?)) and things like network cards, monitors, drives, controllers and RAM. I didn't see any software listed. Not sure how prices compare with other outlets, but if you are looking for something obscure, this might be the place to look.

IBM Free Certification Testing

2001-11-13 17:30:27 -- Igor Vanin [#os2russian, Boroda]

IBM is announcing a special limited time free certification testing offer, available worldwide from November 1 to December 31, 2001.

Offer includes the following tests:

• Test 283, IBM VisualAge for Java, Professional Edition, V4.0
• Test 487, IBM WebSphere Studio, Professional or Advanced Edition, V4.0
• Test 488, IBM WebSphere Application Server, Advanced Single Server Edition for Multiplatforms, V4.0
• Test 489, Administration for IBM WebSphere Application Server, Advanced Edition, V4.0

Details on IBM site.

Surveys, surveys, surveys...

2001-11-08 21:45:23 -- Igor Vanin [Yuri Dario]

Survey related to VoiceType and Opera web-browser.

Do you use VoiceType in eComstation? (All the time!, Sometimes, Almost never, Tried it once, Never ever!, VoiceType?)

On the homepage of Opera Webbrowser there is a survey about the browser. OS/2 is mentioned as possible platform. If you like Opera it would be a good idea to make your point there.

Some updates in www.os2.spb.ru

2001-11-08 21:45:20 -- Igor Vanin [www.os2.spb.ru]

Fun screenshot.

New groups added to the Jakesplace Ultimate OS/2 News Feed

2001-11-08 21:45:17 -- Igor Vanin [VOICENWS, Jack Troughton]

The Ultimate OS/2 Newsfeed at Jakesplace has added two new newsfeeds.

I've added the Sundial news groups to the newsfeed at jakesplace. Sundial Systems are the developers of such fine OS/2 software packages as Mesa, Clearlook, Relish, DBExpert, Junkspy, etc. I'm now carrying all their groups.

I've also added the recently revived OS/2 related newsgroups at IBM's news server, news.software.ibm.com.

Jakesplace is now carrying feeds from usenet, eComStation.nl, IBM's java news server, IBM's general news server, Scitech/Openwatcom, Mozilla.org, and Sundial, for a total of 88 newsgroups.

If you're running a private OS/2 related news server and would like tohave your groups added to the Jakesplace Ultimate OS/2 Newsfeed, feel free to contact me at jake@jakesplace.dhs.org.

News server policy may be found in the newsgroup jakesplace.announce. Any comments or requests regarding policy may be discussed in jakesplace.discussion.

To access the server, just point your newsreader at jakesplace.dhs.org. (news://jakesplace.dhs.org for all you netscape fans out there;).

Here is a complete list of all the groups carried at jakesplace.dhs.org:

comp.lang.rexx
comp.os.os2.advocacy 
comp.os.os2.announce
comp.os.os2.apps
comp.os.os2.beta
comp.os.os2.bugs
comp.os.os2.comm
comp.os.os2.games
comp.os.os2.mail-news
comp.os.os2.marketplace
comp.os.os2.misc 
comp.os.os2.multimedia 
comp.os.os2.networking
comp.os.os2.networking.misc
comp.os.os2.networking.server
comp.os.os2.networking.tcp-ip
comp.os.os2.networking.www 
comp.os.os2.programmer
comp.os.os2.programmer.misc
comp.os.os2.programmer.oop
comp.os.os2.programming
comp.os.os2.scitech 
comp.os.os2.setup 
comp.os.os2.setup.misc 
comp.os.os2.setup.storage 
comp.os.os2.setup.video
comp.os.os2.utilities
comp.text.tex 
ecomstation.advocacy 
ecomstation.announce
ecomstation.apps 
ecomstation.apps.adopt 
ecomstation.gui 
ecomstation.lists.ecomstation 
ecomstation.lists.ecomstation_multimedia 
ecomstation.multimedia.misc 
ecomstation.requirements
ecomstation.support.dtoc
ecomstation.support.hardware 
ecomstation.support.install
ecomstation.support.lvm 
ecomstation.support.misc
ecomstation.support.networking 
ecomstation.support.smartsuite
ecomstation.support.smp 
ecomstation.support.staroffice 
ecomstation.support.wisemachine
ecomstation.test 
fr.comp.os.os2
ibm.networking.tcpip.os2 
ibm.software.commserver.os2 
ibm.software.os2.lan 
ibm.software.os2.misc
ibm.software.os2.rexx
ibm.software.os2.warp
ibmpub.java.os2 
jakesplace.announce 
jakesplace.discussion 
jakesplace.family 
jakesplace.iwethey 
jakesplace.warp
jakesplace.warp.describe 
jakesplace.warp.discussion 
jakesplace.warp.pronews
netscape.public.mozilla.os2 
openwatcom.contributors
openwatcom.users.c_c++
openwatcom.users.fortran
oss.netlabs.misc
scitech.display.doctor.dos 
scitech.display.doctor.embedded 
scitech.display.doctor.linux
scitech.display.doctor.os2 
scitech.display.doctor.other.os
scitech.display.doctor.windows
scitech.gldirect 
scitech.mgl 
scitech.mgl.contributors 
sundial.clearlook.newsgroup 
sundial.dbexpert.newsgroup 
sundial.junkspy.newsgroup 
sundial.mesa.newsgroup 
sundial.relish.newsgroup 
sundial.rover.newsgroup 
wxwindows.contributors 
wxwindows.contributors.beos 
wxwindows.contributors.os2 
wxwindows.users 
wxwindows.users.wxpython 

Feel free to drop by and check it out!

Netcraft remembered about OS/2

2001-11-06 18:56:45 -- Igor Vanin [OS2 ISP mailing list, Timur Kazimirov]

Netcraft is the server which observes web-servers status.

NetCraft was detecting web-servers with os/2 installed as Compaq True64 (ex-Digital Unix). Now, it detects os/2 servers properly. This will allow to count widespread of os/2 machines in the internet.

Details: http://www.netcraft.com