                                   PROS/2

         The Newsletter of the Tampa Bay OS/2 Users' Group (TBOUG) 
                                 October 1994

                   OS/2 "3.0" TO DEBUT AT OCTOBER 5TH MEETING


The next meeting of the Tampa Bay OS/2 Users' Group will be held Wednesday 
evening, October 5th at IBM's LakePointe offices in Tampa.

COMMITTEE MEETINGS (5:45 - 6:45)

Three committee meetings will be held in parallel prior to our main meeting:

END USER EDUCATION COMMITTEE

The next committee meeting will debut "PRIDE"-PC from TBOUG
member M. Bryce & Associates (MBA).  "PRIDE"-PC is an integrated
set of methodologies for systems development that sits on the OS/2
desktop.  Users can access tutorials, instructions and sample
deliverables for performing Enterprise Engineering, Information
Systems Engineering (including BPR and Software Engineering),
Data Base Engineering, and Project Management.  MBA describes the
new product as something "no developer or IS manager should be without."
The committee will also discuss how to find on-line information on
the OS/2 desktop.

PRODUCTION COMMITTEE

The October committee meeting will feature a demonstration and
presentation of the newly announced LAN Server Version 4.0 by IBM.
Bill Coon of IBM will conduct the presentation.

APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

Committee Chairman Steven Schneer will moderate a discussion
on the practical implications of application development in the
OS/2 world.  Instead of a technical dialog, this session will
discuss the types of tools and techniques that can be deployed
in an OS/2 development environment.

MAIN MEETING (7:30 - 9:00)

Featured is the much anticipated review and demonstration of the
new OS/2 3.0.  Although the official release of OS/2 3.0 is
scheduled for October 11th, TBOUG will be the first group
in Florida to see the finished product.  This is an opportunity
you should not miss.  The session will include a practical
demonstration of the new product, suitable for technical people as
well as end-users.  If you have a user that is still skeptical about
the viability of OS/2, this will be the perfect session for them.
Mark October 5th on your calendar and make your reservations NOW!

SPEAKER

Our guest speaker will be Dennis Harrison of IBM.  As an OS/2 Specialist,
Mr. Harrison currently supports the state of Florida in marketing and
technical duties regarding IBM's OS/2 and related products.  In his career
with IBM, Dennis has worked with and supported VM, VSE, System 88, Series/1,
4680 POS, RT/PC, RISC System/6000, and a variety of other products.  He has
also worked on the development of IBM's LAN Mail Gateway/2 product.  As a
PC user beginning in 1976, Mr. Harrison quickly became enamored with OS/2,
beginning with Version 1.0.  He is now working extensively with many IBM
customers with evaluation, development and design of OS/2 based systems.

Mr. Harrison has spoken to many audiences regarding OS/2 and has been a
featured speaker at the following events in 1993/1994:	User group meetings
include The Pinellas County User's Group-OS/2 SIG, The Pasco Area's Users
Group, and The TECO User Group.  Professional Seminars and Associations
include the National IVANS Conference, the Association of Systems
Management, and Client Server Seminars in Tallahassee and Jacksonville.

AGENDA

Committee Meetings (5:45 - 6:45)
(Parallel Sessions)

- Production Committee
- Application Development Committee
- End User Education Committee

Dinner (6:45 - 7:30)

Main Meeting (7:30 - 9:00)

- Announcements
- IBM Updates
- Featured Speaker:  Dennis Harrison of IBM

The registration fee for the meeting is $13 for members who pre-register; 
$15 for pre-registered guests.  Please make your reservations early (no 
later than October 3rd).  The registration fee for those who do not
pre-register is $15 for members and $17 for guests.  See the last page of 
the newsletter to make your reservations.

LOCATION

IBM Tampa Services Center
4th Floor, LakePointe One Building
3109 West Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd.
Tampa

For directions, contact IBM at Tel:  813/872-2277 or 
Brad Brown at 813/872-2156



PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

Unless you're a hermit and don't read the papers, you've
probably seen a lot of good reviews on OS/2 lately.
Some samples:

"New OS/2:  Smart SMP" - LAN TIMES - Aug 8th

"Warp Factors Home Users Into the Mix" - INFO WORLD - Aug 29th

"IBM OS/2 Beta Shifts Into Warp Speed" - COMMUNICATIONS WEEK - Aug 15th

"IBM at Warp Speed" - INFORMATION WEEK - Aug 22nd

"The slim Warp version of OS/2 paves the way for a string of additions
to the OS/2 family" - COMPUTERWORLD - Aug 22nd

I find this all rather amusing.  After taking a beating for so many
years, suddenly OS/2 seems to be the darling of the press, and
Chicago-bashing is in vogue.  Is it possible that the editors and
writers are finally catching on to OS/2?  We'll find out in the next
90 days.  That's right 90 days.  As IBM heads into Comdex in November
they will be building up a head of steam for OS/2 that Microsoft will
have a hard time stopping.

Is "Warp" as good as everyone is saying?  The only way to find out
is to attend our October 5th meeting and see for yourself.  I do
know that IBM has invested a lot of time and money testing "Warp"
and if it comes out as solid as I think it will, both corporate
users and home users will have a hard time ignoring it.  In fact,
it looks like IBM is positioning it to be the perfect "stocking
stuffer" for Christmas.  If this happens, watch our user group 
really grow.

This brings up an important point; as we enter the fourth quarter
of our program year, it is time to begin thinking about 1995.  As
outgoing President I will be in charge of nominations and the
election of a new board of directors.  During the month of October
I will be accepting nominations for officers; at the November meeting
we will conduct the election of officers, and; we will induct the
new board at our closing meeting in December.  As always, we're looking
for a few good men and women who will come forward and volunteer their
time, particularly those members who have been attending the meetings
on a regular basis.  As any of the members of the current board will
tell you, it has been an interesting experience for us not just
getting TBOUG started, but also getting an inside look of the latest
developments with OS/2 from IBM and other OS/2 related vendors.  If you
are interested in participating on the board of directors for next
year, or would like to nominate someone, please contact me as soon as
possible.

                                       - Tim Bryce

P.S. -  Oh yea, in case you haven't heard yet, Chicago (Windows 4.0) has
been delayed (again) until May.  But Microsoft hasn't said "which"
May it will be!


                          WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!

Dee Dee Cheek - USAA - Tampa
Marion Clifton - USAA - Tampa
Monte Duet - USAA - Tampa
Apryl Edwards - USAA - Tampa
Julie Gardei - USAA - Tampa
Earl Lawton - USAA - Tampa
Susie McGhee - USAA - Tampa
Celeste Monds - USAA - Tampa
Karen Mueller - USAA - Tampa
Marco Nielsen - Bannex Corporation - Tampa
Pat Parlee - USAA - Tampa
James K. Ryan - IBM - Tampa
Marty Talamantez - USAA - Tampa
Michael Umlor - Western Reserve Life Assurance - Clearwater
John Volkner - USAA - Tampa
Doug Wing - St. Petersburg


                           CALENDAR OF EVENTS

The following is a list of events of interest to OS/2 users in the
Tampa Bay area:

October 5-6, 1994 - Expotech Conference; Tampa Convention Center, FL;
   Tel:  813/641-1633

October 25, 1994 - Project Management Institute; Tampa; Tel:  813/541-6681

Oct 30-Nov 4 - 3rd Annual ColoradOS/2 Developers Conference; Colorado
Springs; 1-800-481-3389.

November 2, 1994 - Tampa Bay OS/2 Users' Group meeting; Tel:  813/786-4567

November 6-11. 1994 - GUIDE; Atlanta, GA; Tel:  312/644-6610

November 9-10, 1994 - OS/2 LAN Tour '94; Sponsored by IBM; Tampa, FL;
   Tel:  800/947-8688

November 14-18, 1994 - COMDEX; Las Vegas, NV; Tel:  617/449-6600

December 6, 1994 - Project Management Institute; Tampa; Tel:  813/541-6681

December 7, 1994 - Tampa Bay OS/2 Users' Group meeting; Tel:  813/786-4567

ALSO LOOK FOR TBOUG MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE TAMPA TRIBUNE, ST.
PETERSBURG TIMES, PRODIGY, AMERICA ON-LINE, IBM LINK, COMPUSERVE, AND
THE TBOUG BBS.



                           800 PHONE NUMBERS

OS/2 Sales                                                1-800-342-6672
IBM general information                                   1-800-426-3333
Programmer's Paradise                                     1-800-445-7899
OS/2 2.1 and OS/2 2.1 for Windows ServicePaks             1-800-494-3044
Personal Systems Technical Solutions magazine             1-800-551-2832
IBM Developer Connection for OS/2                         1-800-633-8266
PRODIGY                                                   1-800-776-0845
                                                      and 1-800-776-3449
Indelible Blue, Inc.                                      1-800-776-8284
Personal Systems Support Family                           1-800-799-7765
America Online                                            1-800-827-6364
IBM Technical Directory                                   1-800-832-4347
Business Depot, Inc.                                      1-800-844-8448
CompuServe                                                1-800-848-8199
OS/2 Developer Magazine                                   1-800-926-8672
OS/2 Free Seminar Enrollment                              1-800-937-3737
DB2 Technical Conference                                  1-800-955-1238
Drake Training and Technologies (for Professional         1-800-959-3926
  Certification Program from IBM)
IBM Customer Support Center                               1-800-967-7882
Personal Software Products Support Center (Defect report) 1-800-992-4777


                       TAMPA BAY OS/2 USERS' GROUP
                         MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

The Tampa Bay OS/2 Users' Group (TBOUG) is a non-profit, vendor-independent 
association dedicated to the effective use of IBM's OS/2 operating system.  
Members of TBOUG are OS/2 licensees from around the Tampa Bay area of 
Florida.  There are two types of membership in the user group:

CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP allows a company to sponsor many employees to attend 
user group functions.  There is one (1) vote associated with a corporate 
membership and the company must appoint an official voting delegate.  The 
price for an annual corporate membership is $200.*

INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP allows an individual to join the user group and 
entitles him/her to the same rights and privileges as the corporate 
member, except the individual has a one-tenth (1/10) membership vote.  
The price for an individual membership is $20.*

*  Membership fees are prorated on a quarterly basis (operating year is
   January to December).  Those members joining in October can pay $5
   for an individual membership; $50 for corporate membership.

The association is governed by a set of bylaws and an Executive Board.  
Members can attend meeting functions (monthly meetings and committee 
meetings) at discounted rates, and are provided free access to the user 
group's Bulletin Board Service (BBS).  Membership applications should 
be forwarded to the TBOUG Secretary:  Mr. Rick Hoffmann at 8214 Donaldson 
Drive, Tampa, FL  33615; Tel:  813/884-8395.  Make checks payable to:  
Tampa Bay OS/2 Users' Group.

                        TAMPA BAY OS/2 USERS' GROUP
                          MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

MEMBERSHIP TYPE:        _____   CORPORATE               _____   INDIVIDUAL      

IF CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP, WILL YOU BE THE VOTING DELEGATE?  ________

"I HEREBY CONFIRM THAT I AM OR MY COMPANY IS A LICENSEE OF IBM'S OS/2
OPERATING SYSTEM AND, AS A MEMBER, WILL ABIDE THE BYLAWS OF THE 
TAMPA BAY OS/2 USERS' GROUP."

NAME       ____________________________________________________________

TITLE      ____________________________________________________________

COMPANY    ____________________________________________________________

ADDRESS    ____________________________________________________________

CITY       _________________________ STATE   _____   ZIP ______________

TELEPHONE  ____________________________________________________________

FAX        ____________________________________________________________

        I WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE ON THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEE(S):

_____  PRODUCTION             _____  APPLICATION-DEVELOPMENT
_____  END-USER EDUCATION     _____  OTHER  _____________

RECEIVED BY (TBOUG):  ______________________________  DATE: ________________




               MEETING REGISTRATION - OCTOBER 5TH MEETING

Please make reservations for the following individuals to attend the 
October 5th meeting of the Tampa Bay OS/2 Users' Group.  Please make
reservations no later than October 3rd!

                 Person               Title               Telephone

         _____________________  ____________________  ___________________

         _____________________  ____________________  ___________________

Company  ________________________________________________________________

Address  ________________________________________________________________

City     _____________________  State ____________ Zip  _________________

Fax:     _________________________________________


Either Phone, Fax, or Mail your              Please indicate the committee 
registration to:                             meeting you plan to attend:
        Tim Bryce                            
        M. Bryce & Associates, Inc.          _____ Production
        777 Alderman Road                    _____ Application Development
        Palm Harbor, FL  34683               _____ End User Education
        Tel:  813/786-4567                   
        Fax:  813/786-4765
        BBS:  813/786-4864
        E-Mail:  TimB1557@aol.com



                                  PROS/2

                                October 1994

PROS/2 is the official newsletter of the Tampa Bay OS/2 Users' Group 
(TBOUG), a non-profit, vendor-independent users' group dedicated to 
the effective use of IBM's OS/2 operating system.  IBM and OS/2 are 
the registered trademarks of the International Business Machines 
Corporation.  Any OS/2 licensee within the Tampa Bay area of Florida 
is eligible to become a member of TBOUG.  Corporate membership is $200;
individual membership is $20.  TBOUG was founded in December 1993.
Letters and manuscripts are welcomed and reviewed for possible publication.
Please supply narrative in ASCI text format.

ADDRESS

Tampa Bay OS/2 Users' Group
c/o M. Bryce & Associates, Inc.
777 Alderman Road
Palm Harbor, FL  34683
Tel:  813/786-4567
Fax:  813/786-4765

OFFICERS

President 
Tim Bryce - M. Bryce & Associates, Inc.
Tel:  813/786-4567
BBS:  813/786-4864
E-Mail:  TimB1557@aol.com
Prodigy - WJKY92A
IBM Link - DEV2643

Vice President
Dave Hancock - Publix Super Markets, Inc.
Tel:  813/680-5215

Secretary
Rick Hoffmann - Dun & Bradstreet Pension Services
Tel:  813/884-8395

Treasurer
Richard Hubbard - FAA
Tel:  813/228-2299

BOARD MEMBERS

Chairman, Production Committee
Paul Wylie - M. Bryce & Associates, Inc.
Tel:  813/786-4567

System Operator, BBS and
Chairman, End User Education Committee
Greg Dodge - National Data Products
Tel:  813/442-8400 X 6

Member at Large
Steve Schneer
Tampa Electric Company
Tel:  813/225-5253

Member at Large
John Lucas
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
Tel:  813/979-7290

Vendor Liaison
Brad Brown
Tel:  813/872-2156



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