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 MAY 12, 1997                   RELEASE  1.2.0                        PAGE  1

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 REQUIRED DATE- OPEN          USER PRIORITY WEIGHT-  75    RANKING-  0023
 DATE RECEIVED- APR 17, 1997  REQUEST STANDING  - REVIEW   AS OF- MAY 12, 1997
                              TYPE- MOD/IMP

 DESCRIPTION-

        Although OS/2 has been effectively taken out of the home user
        market, I think that it is still a viable option for the casual
        user.  The non-business (let's call it "casual") software market
        is made up mostly of games.  Honestly, next to the Internet,
        what does the casual user spend most of his/her computing time
        doing?  Microsoft displayed their knowledge of the public's
        computing desires by making gaming capabilities a prominent and
        integral part of Windows 95.

        How does IBM set OS/2 up as a game playing platform?  Adding
        game friendly features to the next release of Warp; such things
        as joystick support, audio/video standards, and autoplay
        CD-ROMs.  Sure, these features are superficial and chrome,
        but chrome is always appealing! and does nothing to hamper
        the operating system.

        The next and most important thing that IBM would need to do
        is make Warp appeal to the game developers, they would have
        to woo the companies to get their latest game ported to OS/2
        I have heard IBM say that porting Windows programs to OS/2
        is fairly easy, now they need to go out and convince companies
        to put their products out on Warp.

        ATTRIBUTES:

        MEDIUM Value
        Desired NEXT full release

        Submitted by:
        Dale Alling
        Spokane, WA, USA
        OmniSource
        shyguy6@ix.netcom.com

        SUPPLEMENTAL TEXT:

        I own Warp 4 and love it, I was saddened about the end of
        support for dart and dive.  Games are important, period.
        When Warp 3 came out they had the perfect quote
        "OS/2 is for the office, and when you go home after work
        to the house you can still work, but after all that there
        is still rom to play."  I personally believe that one of
        the main reasons the PC got so popular was because of Doom.
        Keep it going!

        Submitted by:

        Craig Miller
        Junction City, KS, USA
        Oz Online
        craigm@oz-online.net

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