N E X T    I S S U E

   Vol. 1  No. 2                                    January   1995


  Jeff Marchi is a consultant who is widely known on the various BBS
  nets. He will be discussing WINDOWS95 focusing upon the changes for
  good and for ill in this newest Microsoft operating system.
  Additionally there will be reports from Joe Rotello's bunch at
  WindowGroup on Windows NT Server 3.5 and Ambrose Campbell looking at
  the Windows NT client software with an applications update. Herb Chong
  will look at these Windows operating systems and help the rest of us
  understand what this specialized trend means for all Windows users.

  Who is Dan Bricklin?
  In 1979, Dan Bricklin, with his partner Bob Frankston, created
  VisiCalc, the first electronic spreadsheet. That program was
  instrumental in moving personal computers into business offices, and
  formed the basis for all spreadsheets since. Dan has brought to the
  software market another contender -- OVERALL -- which provides a
  unique way of looking at and manipulating data. Bricklin is providing
  WindoWatch a demo of the software which will be included for
  distribution to our readers. There will also be an evaluation and
  review of the product by Jerome Laulicht planned for issue three.

  As part of our AUTHORING TOOLS series, Jim Plumb who has used
  Acrobat v.1 for some time will put Acrobat v.2 through its' paces.
  Jim is a very versatile guy and has experience and expertise with
  many operating system platforms.  Mr. Plumb is also putting together
  the WindoWatch presence on the Channel One homepage for WEB visitors.

  Peter Neuendorffer does have a serious side! The creator of Alice is
  also a very committed programmer who is making the transition to Windows
  programming. He's going to share some of the problems he's encountered
  along with the gains of using Windows with the WindoWatch community!

  Paul Williamson has both the WexTech DOC2HELP and the Blue Sky
  Software RoboHELP in his portfolio for evaluation and review and will
  begin his series on Window’s HELP tools in this upcoming  issue.  Paul
  is our resident DOS expert and serves on the Editorial Board of
  WindoWatch.

  Angela Lillystone  is a personal information manager expert who can be
  found with the Symantec Electronic Support people on CIS providing
  Windows consulting, testing, and training. Angela will report on
  askSAM for Windows v.2 developed by askSAM Systems. From what my spies
  tell me this is a new approach to organizing information. askSam has
  been a long time favorite for text management with researchers and
  authors alike.  askSam 2.0 for Windows offers several new features,
  among them searches on highlighted words or phrases, true hypertext
  and searches across all files.  The new import filters and automatic
  field recognition are purported to make askSam a viable tool for
  managing email from various sources. We put askSam through its paces
  for email management and as a technical support database.  Did we find
  what we needed when we needed it?  Read our report in the upcoming
  issue of WindoWatch!


  Gregg Hommel  continues his tutorial on WASP, Part two.  Gregg very
  modestly took on this task reminding us that it would be difficult for
  him to be impartial as he necessarily looks critically at the
  DataStorm offering.  Because there are so many new comers on all the
  "nets" we felt that learning to automate one's on-line sessions would
  be of interest to many readers.

  Derek Buchler continues to "wow" us all with his talent to amuse and
  his witty way with words.  I know that Derek will "find" us something
  funny.  Don't let his easy style deceive you into thinking that he is
  a computer light weight.  He is a highly experienced computernik!

  There will be a few more surprises from Paul Kinnaly and Jerry Laulicht!
  Who knows what bolt of genius will overcome one or even all of us!