Spotted elsewhere...

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| Date: 03-26-95, 02:02         Number: 4955           |
| From: aflower                 Refer: 4823            |
|   To: All                     Recvd: No              |
| Subj: Wishlists, Apps & Por   Conf: Comp.Os.Os2.     |
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From: aflower{at}ibm.net


In , Dave 
Saville  writes:
>Scanning the various os/2 groups there seems to be a constant 
>undercurrent of:
>
>Is there an OS/2 version of .....
>I wish there was something to do .....
>
>Also there must be many potential authors out there who want to write 
>something but can't think of an application and don't want to re-invent 
>the wheel. Not to say that some wheels aren't better than others :-)
>
>If what I am about to propose exits somewhere then a) It should be a damn 
>site more obvious and b) Can someone please point me to it.
>
>...

>Cheers
>
>David C. Saville
>Tel: +44 1293 556326
>
>Second star on the right and straight on 'til morning.
>Capt. James T. Kirk (Quoting Peter Pan)
>
David,

This is interesting. You (and possibly others) may not be aware that
in the UK IBM operates the OS/2 Porting Advisory Centre that helps
developers  in Europe, the Middle East and Africa to port their products
to OS/2. 

At this moment in time we are helping several hundred European
organisations port their apps to OS/2. Most of these ports are probably
being undertaken without the knowlegde of many of the people here.
Unfortunately, respect for  client confidentiality would prevent us from
releasing bulk details of who is  porting to OS/2. However, there may be
a number of ISV's who would wish to  actively promote their forthcoming
OS/2 versions and it  might be possible for us  to post details of these
here (or to your proposed list).

Also, anyone who is contemplating porting a product needs to know that
we exist! We are here to provide technical assistance to  anyone who
wishes to port  to OS/2. So, if your proposed list should contain
companies  thinking about a port  to OS/2 then please feel free to invite
them to contact us  so that we can ensure they have access to detailed
information on porting to OS/2 and have suitable  access to support
personnel, etc.

We have also recently started to offer assistance to developers who
wish to port their applications to OS/2 for PowerPC.

Anyone in Europe, Middle East or Africa who would like to apply for
porting  assistance is welcome to e-mail myself (aflower {at} ibm.net) and
we'll then  see what we can do to help you get an OS/2 version quickly!

Alan Flower
IBM OS/2 Porting Advisory Centre, EMEA



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