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by **John McDonal** » Wed, 29 May 1996 04:00:00

MERLIN: THE NEXT OS/2

You've heard about it - now come see it. The next generation of OS/2
Warp - code named "merlin" - will be demonstrated by Paul Giangarra,
Senior Technical Staff Member for OS/2 Architecture and Strategy. A
newly revamped user interface, internet and Java integration, and the
incredible new voice navigation and dictation built in to the new OS are
just some of the topics we will discuss.

Each session will have a different Olympic Pin for each attendee -
collect them all!

June 5, 10:30 to 12:00 Noon
McCormic Place, Chicago, IL, Room E253C

YOU DO NOT NEED A COMDEX PASS TO SEE THIS SHOW- ADMISSION IS FREE

To enroll, call 1-800-IBM-4YOU, Priority Code LOS02

by **John Norcross {8360** » Thu, 30 May 1996 04:00:00

>MERLIN: THE NEXT OS/2
>You've heard about it - now come see it. The next generation of OS/2
>Warp - code named "merlin" - will be demonstrated by Paul Giangarra,
>Senior Technical Staff Member for OS/2 Architecture and Strategy. A
>newly revamped user interface, internet and Java integration, and the
>incredible new voice navigation and dictation built in to the new OS are
>just some of the topics we will discuss.
>June 5, 10:30 to 12:00 Noon
>McCormic Place, Chicago, IL, Room E253C
>To enroll, call 1-800-IBM-4YOU, Priority Code LOS02

I'm hoping that someone who does attend can give us a few 'net reports
from this event! (Many of us can't make it out to Chicago to attend) :(

Specifically: Overall comdex report & a detailed report of the Merlin
showing. (Someone usually always pull through and presents a nice
report. - Whoever you may be, thanks in advance from several thousand
OS/2 lurkers here!)

John
Team OS/2

by **Jerry Ro** » Sat, 01 Jun 1996 04:00:00

>>MERLIN: THE NEXT OS/2

>>You've heard about it - now come see it. The next generation of OS/2
>>Warp - code named "merlin" - will be demonstrated by Paul Giangarra,
>>Senior Technical Staff Member for OS/2 Architecture and Strategy. A
>>newly revamped user interface, internet and Java integration, and the
>>incredible new voice navigation and dictation built in to the new OS are
>>just some of the topics we will discuss.

>>June 5, 10:30 to 12:00 Noon
>>McCormic Place, Chicago, IL, Room E253C

>>To enroll, call 1-800-IBM-4YOU, Priority Code LOS02

>I'm hoping that someone who does attend can give us a few 'net reports
>from this event! (Many of us can't make it out to Chicago to attend) :(

>Specifically: Overall comdex report & a detailed report of the Merlin
>showing. (Someone usually always pull through and presents a nice
>report. - Whoever you may be, thanks in advance from several thousand
>OS/2 lurkers here!)

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by **cuttd..** » Thu, 06 Jun 1996 04:00:00

>>MERLIN: THE NEXT OS/2

>>You've heard about it - now come see it. The next generation of OS/2
>>Warp - code named "merlin" - will be demonstrated by Paul Giangarra,
>>Senior Technical Staff Member for OS/2 Architecture and Strategy. A
>>newly revamped user interface, internet and Java integration, and the
>>incredible new voice navigation and dictation built in to the new OS are
>>just some of the topics we will discuss.

>>June 5, 10:30 to 12:00 Noon
>>McCormic Place, Chicago, IL, Room E253C

>>To enroll, call 1-800-IBM-4YOU, Priority Code LOS02

>I'm hoping that someone who does attend can give us a few 'net reports
>from this event! (Many of us can't make it out to Chicago to attend) :(

>Specifically: Overall comdex report & a detailed report of the Merlin
>showing. (Someone usually always pull through and presents a nice
>report. - Whoever you may be, thanks in advance from several thousand
>OS/2 lurkers here!)

>John
>Team OS/2

Merlin froze , NT didn't. The guy putting on the demo excuse was the that Merlin was in
beta testing.

by **@nn.wisc.ed** » Fri, 07 Jun 1996 04:00:00

>Merlin froze , NT didn't. The guy putting on the demo excuse was the that Merlin was in
>beta testing.

I didn't remember I fell asleep during the presentation in that packed room?
Hmm, someone else must be dreaming during the demo. :-)

Jin Lim

by **Kris Kwil** » Fri, 07 Jun 1996 04:00:00

>Merlin froze , NT didn't. The guy putting on the demo excuse was the
>that Merlin was in beta testing.

Everyone I talked to at the show was quite up front about it(Merlin)
being alpha-level code at the moment. Beta is expected in a
couple of weeks.

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by **Greg Deuerli** » Fri, 07 Jun 1996 04:00:00

>Merlin froze , NT didn't. The guy putting on the demo excuse was the that
>Merlin was in beta testing.

I was at the 10:30 show, and Merlin DID NOT freeze, and a friend of mine saw
other show and did not mention Merlin freezing.
Me thinks you are spreading kaka.

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by **Kris Kwil** » Sat, 08 Jun 1996 04:00:00

>>Merlin froze , NT didn't. The guy putting on the demo excuse was the that
>>Merlin was in beta testing.
>I was at the 10:30 show, and Merlin DID NOT freeze, and a friend of mine saw
>other show and did not mention Merlin freezing.

It did freeze during the private Team OS/2 demo on Monday.
To be fair, the machine that they were going to use for
the demo got appropriated beforehand. They had to scramble
to get everything setup. The hang might also have something
to do with trying to show the (alpha-level) dictation code
on a 486 w/only 24MB of RAM. ;-)

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by **Keith W. Sheeha** » Mon, 10 Jun 1996 04:00:00

>MERLIN: THE NEXT OS/2

>You've heard about it - now come see it. The next generation of OS/2
>Warp - code named "merlin" - will be demonstrated by Paul Giangarra,
>Senior Technical Staff Member for OS/2 Architecture and Strategy. A
>newly revamped user interface, internet and Java integration, and the
>incredible new voice navigation and dictation built in to the new OS are
>just some of the topics we will discuss.

I thought the presentation was very informative but seemed to be a bit
long-winded on the voice technology and not enough on actually using it. It
would've helped if he also had a machine that ran at the required speed for
the product instead of running a 75Mhz Pentium. You'd think that IBM would
supply him with the hardware he needed to effectively demonstrate the product.
I do look forward to it coming out though and was impressed with the
presentation. I just want to know one thing: Where were the Merlin mouse pads?
:)

by **cuttd..** » Mon, 10 Jun 1996 04:00:00

>>>Merlin froze , NT didn't. The guy putting on the demo excuse was the that
>>>Merlin was in beta testing.
>>I was at the 10:30 show, and Merlin DID NOT freeze, and a friend of mine saw
>>other show and did not mention Merlin freezing.

>It did freeze during the private Team OS/2 demo on Monday.
>To be fair, the machine that they were going to use for
>the demo got appropriated beforehand. They had to scramble
>to get everything setup. The hang might also have something
>to do with trying to show the (alpha-level) dictation code
>on a 486 w/only 24MB of RAM. ;-)

>Kris Kwilas [http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~kwilas]
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>[I am working for IBM, but my views/statements are strictly my own.]

I didn't get to see the full demostration of Merlin (because it froze). For those of us who didn't
want to spend 495.00 or have the time to see everything going on at Spring Comdex
we had to see it on the main floor. I will be seeing at our monthly sig group in two weeks.
Yes it was the alpha version.
My question is now Who is further ahead in their next version OS/2 or Window NT ?

by **i..** » Thu, 13 Jun 1996 04:00:00

>I didn't get to see the full demostration of Merlin (because it froze). For those of us who didn't
>want to spend 495.00 or have the time to see everything going on at Spring Comdex
>we had to see it on the main floor.

The Wednesday morning show was free...? Apparently they had more
than one showing, which may be part of everyone's confusion. The Wed. morning
show was pretty good, I think.

Quote:>Who is further ahead in their next version OS/2 or Window NT ?

I think they are about the same, if you count the interface upgrade to
Windows NT. Cairo is now several years late...I believe in the 1998 time
frame?

Steve

by **i..** » Thu, 13 Jun 1996 04:00:00

Quote:>would've helped if he also had a machine that ran at the required speed for
>the product instead of running a 75Mhz Pentium.

I didn't really even notice a problem...I think that was his point?

Steve

by **John Kep** » Fri, 14 Jun 1996 04:00:00

>>>>Merlin froze , NT didn't. The guy putting on the demo excuse was the that
>>>>Merlin was in beta testing.
>>>I was at the 10:30 show, and Merlin DID NOT freeze, and a friend of mine saw
>>>other show and did not mention Merlin freezing.

>>It did freeze during the private Team OS/2 demo on Monday.
>>To be fair, the machine that they were going to use for
>>the demo got appropriated beforehand. They had to scramble
>>to get everything setup. The hang might also have something
>>to do with trying to show the (alpha-level) dictation code
>>on a 486 w/only 24MB of RAM. ;-)

>>Kris Kwilas [http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~kwilas]
>>--------------------------------------------------------------------
>>Brought to you by the letters O and S, and the number 2.
>>--------------------------------------------------------------------
>>[I am working for IBM, but my views/statements are strictly my own.]

>I didn't get to see the full demostration of Merlin (because it froze). For those of us who didn't
>want to spend 495.00 or have the time to see everything going on at Spring Comdex
>we had to see it on the main floor. I will be seeing at our monthly sig group in two weeks.
> Yes it was the alpha version.
>My question is now Who is further ahead in their next version OS/2 or Window NT ?

I am not sure about IBM, but *right* *now*, I am running NT 4.0 beta 1, and it is
very stable. OS/2 crashes more than an NT *beta*! Well, maybe merlin will
be released before NT 4.0. I am not sure. All I know is that Microsoft is
far cooler since it is relatively easy to get a hold of a *cool* beta.

I would also love to have Merlin, but IBM is *not* cool, in that a *normal*
person can't get Merlin betas.

I never did like IBM's attitude about betas. It's not like MS is going to copy
IBM or anything. IBM *should* copy NT's great architecture design, however.

-Todd K.

by **crob..** » Sat, 15 Jun 1996 04:00:00

>>>>>Merlin froze , NT didn't. The guy putting on the demo excuse was the that
>>>>>Merlin was in beta testing.
>>>>I was at the 10:30 show, and Merlin DID NOT freeze, and a friend of mine saw
>>>>other show and did not mention Merlin freezing.

>>>It did freeze during the private Team OS/2 demo on Monday.
>>>To be fair, the machine that they were going to use for
>>>the demo got appropriated beforehand. They had to scramble
>>>to get everything setup. The hang might also have something
>>>to do with trying to show the (alpha-level) dictation code
>>>on a 486 w/only 24MB of RAM. ;-)

>>>Kris Kwilas [http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~kwilas]
>>>--------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>Brought to you by the letters O and S, and the number 2.
>>>--------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>[I am working for IBM, but my views/statements are strictly my own.]

>>I didn't get to see the full demostration of Merlin (because it froze). For those of us who didn't
>>want to spend 495.00 or have the time to see everything going on at Spring Comdex
>>we had to see it on the main floor. I will be seeing at our monthly sig group in two weeks.
>> Yes it was the alpha version.
>>My question is now Who is further ahead in their next version OS/2 or Window NT ?

>I am not sure about IBM, but *right* *now*, I am running NT 4.0 beta 1, and it is
>very stable. OS/2 crashes more than an NT *beta*! Well, maybe merlin will
>be released before NT 4.0. I am not sure. All I know is that Microsoft is
>far cooler since it is relatively easy to get a hold of a *cool* beta.

>I would also love to have Merlin, but IBM is *not* cool, in that a *normal*
>person can't get Merlin betas.

>I never did like IBM's attitude about betas. It's not like MS is going to copy
>IBM or anything. IBM *should* copy NT's great architecture design, however.

>-Todd K.

NT's architectural design was copied from IBM's System 38 and AS/400s---which
ran Microsoft's corporate processing, particularly during the time NT was being
gestated. You can bet DEC took apart AS/400s for study, considering the threat
to its busines the AS/400 posed (the AS/400 division outsold the entire DEC with
its three OSes) . That's why IBM's AS/400 division and its tech heads like Dr.
Frank Soltis always makes quips about NT being "New Technology". IBM had
modular object based architectures featuring a layered OS design and a HAL since
1978, when the System 38 debuted. If anything the architectural design in the
OS/400 remained much purer in concept than NT, which now have graphics systems
consolidated into the kernel. By the way, OS/2, and to my impression, the
Unixes, don't consolidate their graphics systems in the kernel.

Rgds,

Chris

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by **John Omino** » Sat, 15 Jun 1996 04:00:00

Kepus) writes:

>>>>>Merlin froze , NT didn't. The guy putting on the demo excuse was the that
>>>>>Merlin was in beta testing.
>>>>I was at the 10:30 show, and Merlin DID NOT freeze, and a friend of mine saw
>>>>other show and did not mention Merlin freezing.

>>>It did freeze during the private Team OS/2 demo on Monday.
>>>To be fair, the machine that they were going to use for
>>>the demo got appropriated beforehand. They had to scramble
>>>to get everything setup. The hang might also have something
>>>to do with trying to show the (alpha-level) dictation code
>>>on a 486 w/only 24MB of RAM. ;-)

>>>Kris Kwilas [http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~kwilas]
>>>--------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>Brought to you by the letters O and S, and the number 2.
>>>--------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>[I am working for IBM, but my views/statements are strictly my own.]

>>I didn't get to see the full demostration of Merlin (because it froze). For those of us who didn't
>>want to spend 495.00 or have the time to see everything going on at Spring Comdex
>>we had to see it on the main floor. I will be seeing at our monthly sig group in two weeks.
>> Yes it was the alpha version.
>>My question is now Who is further ahead in their next version OS/2 or Window NT ?

>I am not sure about IBM, but *right* *now*, I am running NT 4.0 beta 1, and it is
>very stable. OS/2 crashes more than an NT *beta*! Well, maybe merlin will
>be released before NT 4.0. I am not sure. All I know is that Microsoft is
>far cooler since it is relatively easy to get a hold of a *cool* beta.

>I would also love to have Merlin, but IBM is *not* cool, in that a *normal*
>person can't get Merlin betas.

>I never did like IBM's attitude about betas. It's not like MS is going to copy
>IBM or anything. IBM *should* copy NT's great architecture design, however.

>-Todd K.

I am John Ominor, The Inhuman. How pathetic. How droll. How predictable.
IBM has made OS/2 Warp, OS/2 Warp Server, and OS/2 Warp Server SMP betas
publicly available. IBM is not in the habit of release alpha code onto the
masses, unlike Microsoft and its Windows 95 debacle.

It seems that the closer OS/2 gets to its release date, the more foolish
some Windows advocates become.

Do not turn this newsgroup into a den of lies.
____________________________________________________________________
John Ominor

Even now, The Inhuman ponders the fate of everything you hold
dear. This is not a threat, merely a statement of fact.

FORTRESS Ominor is Here.
http://www.mnsinc.com/dmccoy
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