The threat to the open site

2004-03-09 16:39:10 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

www.ecomstation.ru site is working in open mode. Every visitor is free to keep his comment in the news stripe, articles, forums and reference books.

There is a negative effect in this principle of open site. Wreckers attack the authors of articles & news, use FUD and criticise active users without a reason.

Advices:

• Don't clear yourself before wreckers;
• Ignore any insulting;
• Ignore messages published by anonymous;
• Ignore languid users which are using ":-(" or ":-(("

Good news:

• Quantity of visitors exceeds 600-1000/day
• Quantity of published news exceeds 1000, quantity of articles exceeds 100
• The queue contains more than 10 articles

Open Source and OS/2, Part 2

2004-03-09 16:38:29 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Yuri Prokushev talks about the status of popular Open Source projects (russian text).

[synopsis]

Remote control in OS/2

2004-03-09 11:24:38 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Vladimir Solovyov describes how to control popular multimedia applications using remote control: z!, TVShow, CooLFM, WarpVision and Simple CD Player. (remote control of AVERMedia TVSudio mod.203 tv-tuner).

This exempts users from motion and exertion.

March 2004 VOICE Newsletter

2004-03-05 19:10:53 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [VOICENWS, Christian Hennecke]

The March issue of the VOICE Newsletter is now available online.

In the latest issue you can find:

• Strength in our diversity -- by Jason R Stefanovich
• In close collaboration: MySQL and OS/2
  Part 2: Creating the database -- by Wolfgang Draxler
• Using the HP PhotoSmart P1000 with OS/2 -- by Stuart Updike
• Installing eComStation 1.1 onto a Thinkpad T41 - Solving Snafus and Other Hints -- by Chris Clayton
• And of course letters, addenda, tips, and the compiled news of the previous month!

Your plans concerning SViSta

2004-03-05 16:21:23 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [eComStation@yahoogroups.com]

Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the eComStation group: "I have reviewed the Serenity Virtual products web site and subpages".

You can answer as many questions as you feel apppropriate.

• I would likely buy a virtual machine product priced under $100 US
• I am unlikely to buy a virtual machine product
• I would require an OS/2 - eComStation hosted version
• I would prefer a Windows hosted version
• I would prefer a Linux hosted version
• I would prefer a FreeBSD hosted version
• I require support for mulitple host OSs
• I am interested in a server product as described on the SVISTA site
• 10 or less users
• 11-50 users
• 51-100 users
• more than 100 users
• I would expect to purchase in 2Q04
• I would expect to purhcase in 3Q04
• I would expect to purchase in 4Q04

Updated PMView/Rus

2004-02-29 18:37:00 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Yuri Prokushev updated PMView/Rus (up to 3.05). He prepared russian interface and on-line help.

This is the official localized version with full end-user support.

Download: hobbes.nmsu.edu

The reliability of eComStation 1.1

2004-02-29 09:34:25 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

As you know, the TCP/IP stack of eCS (OS/2) - is "one of the best in the industry". Nevertheless, some users report about traps or bad work of internet applications.

Roderick Klein (Mensys) talks about TCP/IP tuner which increases the performance and reliability of the TCP/IP stack. His recommendations was successfully tested on big internet servers working under control of eComStation.

Verify new font

2004-02-26 23:10:11 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Alex Taylor invites russian users verify Workplace Sans font (a free outline clone of the OS/2 Warp 4 bitmap font "WarpSans"). You can download fonts from the homepage of new eComStation fonts;

Attention! The fonts aren't finished yet, so the author asks don't distribute them!

Use CharMap to view symbols presented in font.

Status of OpenSibyl

2004-02-26 19:49:24 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Yuri Prokushev joins the series of articles related to Sibyl (analogue of Delphi). (The previous article attracted 70 comments from readers and and evoked great interest to this RAD.

Readers may discuss the plan of work on Free Pascal, RAD and SPCC classes library (russian text).

eComStation update (fixpak 4)

2004-02-25 19:05:19 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [eCo Software, software updates]

The Fixpak4 for russian eComStation and Merlin Convenience Package 2 was published.

Users can download it from www.ecomstation.com site (search for word 'russian'). The size of fixpak - 26 Mb.

Warp Wishlist Updated

2004-02-23 21:49:21 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [www.os2world.com]

Kris Lake has updated the Warp Wishlist. This is a list of operating system and application enhancements that current eComStation and OS/2 users believe are worth paying for.

OS/2 e-Zine February Issue

2004-02-23 16:41:29 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [VOICENWS, Isaac Leung]

February 2003 issue of OS/2 e-Zine is now on-line.

In this issue:

From The Editor -- Isaac Leung, Writers?

Reviews

• Need a dictionary? -- Isaac Leung looks at Japanese/Chinese-English dictionaries;
• NLS Office Suites -- Alex Lee takes a quick look at office suites for non-English users;

Articles

• What to do with a Database? -- Isaac Leung discovers something even home users can use;
• RealPlayer 9 on OS/2 -- Mike Engle figures out how to play RealPlayer 9 files;

The Art Department -- Tim Swank has his usual contribution and something a little different from Isaac Leung;

Forums

• Ask John -- John Bijnens answer your OS/2 questions in this ongoing forum;
• February Forums.

Porting applications Linux - eCS

2004-02-19 09:24:18 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru, wild ecomsa dog]

IBM developerWorks published information *which may be used* by professional developers who are porting Linux software to OS/2. The first article contains reference information about threads, mutexes, and semaphores. The next article in this series will cover the mapping of system calls related to memory management, file handling, and device driver interfaces.

Linux is "a country of the third world" which imports raw materials and cheap labour power to eCS. So, you can use this information as a reference for undertaking any migration activity. "The tips and caveats should help to simplify your migration design".

Additional information:

• OS/2 Software from UNIX

Porting libraries and tools

2004-02-17 15:14:55 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Many organizations are interested to port linux software to eComStation. Use contact e-mail if you are working on this projects or going to join them.

There is a demand on:

• CLIP (x-base-texts preprocessor (Clipper, FoxPro, etc) for gcc - developed by russian company ITK.
  e-mail: support dog ecomstation dot ru
• Firebird DB (clone of Borland's InterBase) - developed by IBPhoenix company together with IBase.ru.
  e-mail: support dog ecomstation dot ru

Java Lotus Notes Client, 2nd Half 2004

2004-02-16 10:36:01 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [VOICENWS, Chris Hodgkins]

Looks like we will eventually get an up-to-date fully functional Lotus Notes Client that will run on OS/2. Stefan Pettersson, technical manager for IBM's Lotus division in Sweden, has been quoted as saying that there will be a Java client of Lotus Notes some time during the second half of 2004.

The quote is from an article on Infoworld that talked about IBM's efforts to get MS Office running on Linux.

OS/2 and USB Site Announcement

2004-02-16 10:34:47 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [VOICENWS, Martin Iturbide]

The OS/2 USB Site has finally merged with the OS/2 CHL site.

The page contains new reports about tested USB devices.