Everyone / Anyone: IBM is failing in OS/2 V 2.0 marketing efforts! In fact the window is now closing even before IBM gets to the starting gate. I say this because of the following events: 1. Windows and OS/2 Magazine has completely dropped OS/2! It is now Windows Magazine as of their November 1991 issue. IBM is not supporting OS/2 supporters (eg: this one last publication, individual and shareware developers). 2. There are no longer ** any ** magazines which cover OS/2 or its issues. 3. Lately, IBM hardware ads show DOS not OS/2. 4. IBM still does not have OS/2 versions of its major Windows products. 5. IBM is only advertising OS/2 (1.3 and talking about 2.0) in PCWeek (in those magazines I take) which is not enough. Here is the press release on Windows and OS/2 magazine becoming Windows Magazine. NOTICE: No mention of OS/2 but there is mention of how much Microsoft loves this new magazine and CMP! IF IBM WANTS TO DO SOMETHING: HERE ARE TWO SUGGESTIONS: 1. IBM SHOULD START ITS OWN OS/2 MAGAZINE (ASAP) 2. IBM SHOULD BUY THE DEAD OS/2 PART OF WINDOWS AND OS2 MAGAZINE. Bert Moshier Cray Research, Inc. NEWS RELEASE CMP PUBLICATIONS TO ACQUIRE WINDOWS AND OS/2 MAGAZINE Manhasset NYA, August 15, 1991 -- CMP Publications Inc. has reached an agreement to acquire Windows and OS/2 Magazine, a monthly consumer publication focusing on the explosive Windows market, CMP President Micheal Leeds announced today. CMP plans to change the name of the publication to Windows Magazine, with the slug line, "Hardware and Software for Graphical Computing," with the November 1991 issue. "Windows is the fastest growing graphical computing environment in the computer industry," according to Kenneth D. Cron, Vice President, Computer/Electronics Publications Group. "And with the addition of Windows Magazine, CMP will be able to serve this burgeoning marketplace." "In addition," Cron said, "the move stregthens CMP's comittment to publishing technically oriented products for users." Devoted to providing users and system developers with the latest Windows product and technology information, Windows Magazine was launched under its former name 14 months ago by Silicon Beach Operation, of Carpinteria California. The publication's impressive growth has been spurred by thhe dramatic success of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 3.0 interface, which has built an installed base of more than 4 million copies since its introduction in May, 1990. "Extensive research -- both in focus groups and mail surveys -- indicates an extremely high demand for information about Windows 3.0 products," Cron said. "Almost everyone we have surveyed has indicated a high degree of interest in this graphical user interface -- and a desire to read more about it." CMP's proposed acquisition has won the support of Microsoft, which developed and markets Windows, and is the largest software company in the world. In learning about the acquisition, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Senior Vice President for Systems Software, said, "We are pleased to support the efforts of CMP Publications in this new endeavor. The excitement around the Windows penomenon is growing stronger every day, and we look forward to helping CMP deliver timely and in-depth information on Windows to their readers in the years to come." Leading the Windows Magazine management team is Publisher Drake Lundell, who has been withh CMP for seven years. Lundell, who has been involved in computer publishing for more than 25 years, was most recently Publisher of Information Week, and has previously been Editor-in-Chief of PC Week and Editor of Computerworld. "Windows and other graphical user interfaces are changing the way people look at computing -- there is truly a revolution underway in the marketplace," Lundell stated. "Windows Magazine will provide a forum for both readers and advertisers in this emerging market." The glossy magazine, which averages 160 pages per issue, is bringing in hundreds of new readers every day, according to Silicon Beach Operation President David Nelson, who will continue to serve as Editor-in-Chief of Windows Magazine. "The acquisition by CMP will allow us to grow the magazine at a faster pace than we would have been able to do on our own," Nelson said. "Both advertiser and reader response to the publication have been overwhelming. We just need to let more people find out about our magazine." Established in 1971, CMP Publications is a leading international business-to-business publishing firm, specializing in high technology, travel, and health. The arrival of Windows Magazine brings to 16 the number of newspapers and magazines published by CMP. (A seventeenth, Computer Reseller Sources, is slated to debut in October.) During the past five years, CMP has also expanded into business seminars and conferences, electronic publishing, information retreival services and direct marketing services. Leeds said, "The addition of Windows Magazine is another example of CMP's strategy of building our strengths in the markets we know best." A privately held company, CMP's annual revenua exceeds $175 million. The comnpany is headquartered here and employs more than 1,200 people worldwide. [Sysop note: CMP Publications, Inc. public relations department apparently does not recognize the value of a spell checker.]