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DeScribe Calls It Quits.

DeScribe, Inc. today announced that it has suspended development of the DeScribe Word Processor.

The popular DeScribe Voyager CD with Mesa 2 and the Five User Enterprise CD will continue to be marketed through the standard OS/2 retail channels. Unlimited Corporate Licenses and Century LANs will no longer be marketed, but will be available upon request. All ongoing promotions, including the combined DeScribe Voyager CD and Mesa 2 promotion will continue as scheduled through 4/30/96. DeScribe technical support will remain unchanged but may be subject to adjustments based on future sales levels. To facilitate continued user support and interaction, DeScribe will apply to establish an Internet newsgroup.

DeScribe has attempted on numerous occasions to locate a purchaser for its technology. This search has not been successful. Sales of DeScribe products have been too low to permit the company to become profitable.

DeScribe, Inc. owner and CEO Mr. James P. Lennane stated, "As one of the earliest OS/2 ISV's and after seven years of involvement with IBM's OS/2, it is with great reluctance that we are abandoning our effort. On the other hand, there is no evidence of an improving market to justify further forbearance. We believed in OS/2 as well as in DeScribe and our customers. We wish to thank them for their support over the years and regret any inconvenience caused in 1994 by the expiring software policy. We are sorry to give up the struggle, however, we simply could not overcome the market forces against us without the aid of a strong sponsor. It is time to move on."

Describe, Inc. will remove the expiration date from the demonstration product available for download from http://www.describe.com.
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Snow Storm Software to release Escape for OS/2.

Snow Storm Software has announced Escape for OS/2 Warp, an integrated WPS screen saver with all of the powerful imaging capabilities of 'Mirage' in an easy to use screen saver system. You may see more information soon at their Web site or e-mail them at snowstm@ibm.net..
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Lee Reiswig calls it quits after 30 years.

Lee Reiswig, has announced his retirement from IBM, closing out a 30-year career with the company. The 50-year-old executive plans to leave the company in June, according to a 3/14 Pcweek article.

Reiswig, who had been intimately involved in the OS/2 project since 1985, took over IBM's OS/2 effort in 1990 as general manager of the company's Personal Software Products division.

However, in September 1995 he was replaced as general manager of PSP and reasigned as a technology and strategy manager for the IBM Software Group as part of a series of changes within the company.
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WebEx with Java now available.

The IBM WebExplorer for OS/2 finally has Java support. Interested users should jump to the WebExplorer home page and follow instructions there for downloading. Be warned though, the Java beta code you'll be instructed to download is a monster--3.8 meg--and the connection often (4 times for me) times out somewhere around the middle of an already very slow download. Also, installing the new Java enabled browser beta (a separate 1.3 meg download) will most likely make some subtle (and some not so subtle) changes to your explore.ini file. Nothing serious but it can be annoying.
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Warp Server goes head to head with NT.

IBM has finally officially launched OS/2 Warp Server. The event took place in San Francisco on Monday, February 26 and was highlighted by talks by Olympic Decathlon Champion, Raphord Johnson and PSP General Manager, John W. Thompson. A head-to-head demonstration of Warp Server and Windows NT was conducted by Wally Casey and Bill Allred from CompuElectronics, a Michigan-based reseller.

For more on OS/2 Warp Server visit the WWW site.
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WebEx to get Java Beta 2.0 support and memory leak fix (finally).

There will be another version of WebExplorer soon which will include support for Java Beta 2.0 applet's; also, it will include the fix for the swapper problem. They say it will be released within a week. For further info see the following: http://www.raleigh.ibm.com/WebExplorer/webhjava.htm.
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Older versions of WebEx will work with OS/2 2.x.
John Shakespeare

Users of OS/2 2.x with TCP/IP 2.0 can use early versions of Web Explorer. The last version which could run in this configuration is WebEx 0.331. This version does not support tables or mailto, but is otherwise quite good - I used it myself for some months before upgrading to Warp Connect. It requires OS/2 2.1 (or 2.0 with second service pack) and IBM TCP/IP 2.0 base kit (with UN64092 service pack). Officially, Web Explorer is supported on Warp level OS/2 only, but IBM still provides the 2.x compatible version for those who want it.
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Object Desktop Wars.

CompUSA has priced Object Desktop for only $69 and Indelible Blue has lowered their price to match as many Object Desktop buyers go to retail instead of Indelible blue. Obviously the retail market for OS/2 products is heating up as vendors are now competing to draw people in!
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Clearlook to be marketed by new distributor.
Bruce Byfield

Here's the news Clearlook users have been waiting for: Clearlook's developer is about to close a deal with a new distributor and marketer. Details will be announced within the next week or so, but I will say that the deal sounds like it will go through, and that it sounds very promising.
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