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  1. Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!gumby!destroyer!news.iastate.edu!isucard.card.iastate.edu!MLONG
  3. From: MLONG@isucard.card.iastate.edu
  4. Subject: IBM OS/2 sweeps triple crown - IBM Press Release
  5. Message-ID: <168A5A09F.MLONG@isucard.card.iastate.edu>
  6. Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System)
  7. Organization: CARD
  8. Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 17:25:19 GMT
  9. Lines: 48
  10.  
  11.  IBM OS/2 2.0 SWEEPS TRIPLE CROWN OF PC INDUSTRY                                
  12.  November 19, 1992                                                              
  13.                                                                                 
  14.  LAS VEGAS, November 19 . . . IBM's OS/2* 2.0 advanced                          
  15.  operating system recently received top honors from three                       
  16.  flagship PC industry publications, including two awards                        
  17.  presented here at COMDEX/Fall '92.                                             
  18.                                                                                 
  19.  PC/Computing on Sunday named OS/2 2.0 co-winner of the                         
  20.  operating system/environment award as part of its annual                       
  21.  "Most Valuable Products" (MVP) awards ceremony.  In                            
  22.  selecting OS/2 2.0 for this honor, the editors of                              
  23.  PC/Computing stated, "this is the operating system Windows**                   
  24.  3.1 should have been."                                                         
  25.                                                                                 
  26.  PC Magazine on Monday named OS/2 2.0 the best                                  
  27.  operating system and presented their Technical Excellence                      
  28.  Award to the OS/2 2.0 development team.                                        
  29.                                                                                 
  30.  Prior to the opening of COMDEX, PC World named OS/2 2.0                        
  31.  the "most promising newcomer" in its annual issue                              
  32.  recognizing PC industry achievements.                                          
  33.                                                                                 
  34.  "There is a tremendous groundswell of support building                         
  35.  for OS/2 and this recognition from three top PC industry                       
  36.  publications is a true measure of the continued popularity                     
  37.  and momentum for the product," said Lee Reiswig, assistant                     
  38.  general manager, IBM Personal Software Products.  "We are                      
  39.  both honored and pleased that these respected publications                     
  40.  have evaluated the power and versatility of OS/2 2.0 and                       
  41.  awarded us with top honors."                                                   
  42.                                                                                 
  43.  OS/2 2.0 is an advanced 32-bit operating system that                           
  44.  supports DOS, Windows and OS/2 applications in a single                        
  45.  package.  This platform offers true, preemptive multitasking                   
  46.  -- allowing concurrent execution of multiple software                          
  47.  programs -- and enables users to choose from tens of                           
  48.  thousands of available applications.                                           
  49.                                                                                 
  50.  *    Indicates registered trademark of the International                       
  51.       Business Machines Corporation                                             
  52.                                                                                 
  53.  **   The following is a trademark of the indicated company:                    
  54.       (Windows) Microsoft Corp.                                                 
  55.                                                                                 
  56.  Please Note:                                                                   
  57.  Questions about the content or currency of this press release                  
  58.  should be directed to your local IBM representative.                           
  59.