#Titel Programmieren / Developer Connection for OS/2 #Logo gadget20:pinsel/AG.Prog #Font topaz 8 #C10 Submitted by: Duncan Strong (dstrong@vnet.ibm.com) Source: IBM (devcon@vnet.ibm.com) Date received: 1995 April 2 Date posted: 1995 April 14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #C31 Q's and A's - THE DEVELOPER CONNECTION FOR OS/2 3/15/95 #C10 Q1. What is "The Developer Connection for OS/2"? #C21 A1. The Developer Connection for OS/2 is an annual subscription program for application developers. Its purpose is to deliver: licenses to developers for toolkits, productivity tools, development tools and sample code; licenses to the latest pre-release code so developers can prepare for and simulate future environments; and the most up-to-date versions of technical documentation on OS/2. The Developer Connection for OS/2 consists of four issues (CDs and a newsletter), delivered over the course of one year, plus access to The Developer Connection section of the OS2DF2 forum on CompuServe until the subscription expires. For those subscribers who are not members of CompuServe, IBM has established the DEVCON CFORUM on the OS/2 BBS under TalkLink (TalkLink is a feature under the IBMLink Commercial Services), and Internet support by addressing your questions and comments to devcon@vnet.ibm.com. #C10 Q2. What does The Developer Connection cost? #C21 A2. An annual subscription entitles the subscriber to four issues of the CD(s) and newsletter, plus access to a private section of the CompuServe OS2DF2 forum. Customers may also purchase additional licenses, which allows for making one additional copy of the contents of the four issues of the CD(s) and newsletters and one additional license to use the code delivered on the CDs. In US, the prices are as follows; note that US prices DO NOT INCLUDE shipping and handling: Regular Commercial/ Student/ Internal Price Premier Faculty Price DAP #C10 Annual Subscription $199.00 $119.00 $119.00 $ 90.00 Additional License $ 75.00 $ 45.00 N/A $ 34.00 #C21 In EMEA, an Annual Subscription is priced as follows; note that EMEA prices DO INCLUDE shipping and handling: Country Currency RSP EMEADAP * VAT % #C10 Austria ATS 2337 1599 Austrian Schilling 20 Belgium BEF 6962 4763 Belgian Franc 20,5 Denmark DKK 1311 897 Danish Kroner 25 Finland FIM 1170 801 Finmark 22 France FRF 1146 784 French Franc 18,6 Germany DEM 333 228 German Mark 15 Greece GRD 48423 33132 Greek Drachma - Ireland IEP 139 95 Irish Pound 21 Italy ITL 311030 212810 Italian Lire 19 Netherlands NLG 376 257 Dutch Gylden 17,5 Norway NOK 1446 989 Norwegian Kroner 23 Portugal PTE 33778 23111 Portuguese Escodos 17 Spain ESP 26786 18327 Spanish Pesetas 16 Sweden SEK 1579 1080 Swedish Kroner 25 Switzerland CHF 295 202 Swiss Franc 6,5 UK GBP 131 90 British Pound 18 Israel USD 190 130 US Dollar Turkey USD 190 130 US Dollar #C21 * The EMEA DAP discount is being discontinued effective May 31, 1995. In EMEA, a DUA (equivalent to US Additional License) is priced as follows; note that EMEA prices DO INCLUDE shipping and handling: Country Currency RSP EMEADAP * VAT % #C10 Austria ATS 923 603 Austrian Schilling 20 Belgium BEF 2748 1795 Belgian Franc 20,5 Denmark DKK 518 338 Danish Kroner 25 Finland FIM 462 302 Finmark 22 France FRF 452 295 French Franc 18,6 Germany DEM 131 86 German Mark 15 Greece GRD 19115 12488 Greek Drachma - Ireland IEP 55 36 Irish Pound 21 Italy ITL 122775 80213 Italian Lire 19 Netherlands NLG 149 97 Dutch Gylden 17,5 Norway NOK 571 373 Norwegian Kroner 23 Portugal PTE 13334 8711 Portuguese Escodos 17 Spain ESP 10574 6908 Spanish Pesetas 16 Sweden SEK 623 407 Swedish Kroner 25 Switzerland CHF 116 76 Swiss Franc 6,5 UK GBP 52 34 British Pound 18 Israel USD 75 49 US Dollar Turkey USD 75 49 US Dollar #C21 * The EMEA DAP discount is being discontinued effective May 31, 1995. In Canada: Annual Subscription - 225.00 Canadian Dollars #C10 Q3. If I belong to the DAP, do I get a discount? #C21 A3. Yes, members of the US Commercial Services or US Premier Services of the US Developer Assistance Program (DAP), may purchase The Developer Connection for OS/2 at a reduced price - $119 for an annual subscription, $45 for each additional license. US Worldwide DAP members, however, purchase The Developer Connection at the regular $199 price. European DAP members may currently purchase The Developer Connection for OS/2 at a reduced rate, however, the EMEA DAP discount is being discontinued effective May 31, 1995. #C10 Q4. What does The Developer Connection CD contain? #C21 A4. The CD(s) contains pre-release versions of many IBM OS/2 and LAN products, internal development and productivity tools, bitmaps, and demos of products from IBM and others. Each CD also includes the latest release level of The Developer's Toolkit for OS/2, The Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 Warp Version 3, the Multimedia Presentation Manager Toolkit/2 and the Pen for OS/2 Developer's Toolkit. In addition to these programs, the CD contains sample source code which can be used to develop your own applications. Also the CD contains thousands of pages of documentation with a search facility. #C10 Q5. How would you compare The Developer Connection for OS/2 against the Microsoft Developer Network CD-ROM? #C21 A5. The Developer Connection for OS/2 is a subscription program for application developers which includes CDs and newsletters delivered four times over one year, plus access to a private section of the OS2DF2 CompuServe forum. The Developer Connection CD contains released versions of our developer toolkits, pre-release programs, a comprehensive technical library, sample source code which can be used by developers to write their own programs and demonstration versions of Independent Software Vendor programs. #C10 Q6. What advantages do I get from the CompuServe forum for The Developer Connection for OS/2 that I didn't have before? #C21 A6. Subscribing to The Developer Connection entitles you to access the private Developer Connection section of the OS2DS2 forum on CompuServe. IBM developers will be answering questions and carrying on dialogs with subscribers on a full time basis and will respond to your comments/issues/questions on a timely basis. #C10 Q7. How many copies of The Developer Connection for OS/2 do I have to subscribe to for my company? I have 1xx programmers, do I have to buy one for each? #C21 A7. After your company has purchased its initial subscription to The Developer Connection, you may buy as many additional licenses ($75) as you want. For each additional license you order, 4 times over the year you will receive the current newsletter and a Proof of Additional License certificate, which entitles you to make one additional copy of the contents of the current CD volume. Additional licenses work best for Local Area Network development environments. (Example; If you have 10 developers on a LAN, you could by one regular license and 9 additional licenses.) #C10 Q8. I've heard that the Developer Connection program will grow in the future. What do you mean by that? What will I see over the next year? #C21 A8. The IBM Developer Connection Device Driver Kit for OS/2, Developer Connection for AIX, and Developer Connection for Image Plus Visualinfo have already been announced. Future direction for The Developer Connection has not been announced, however we are considering expanding the Developer Connection family of products. #C10 Q9. Does my license to use the release-level toolkits contained on The Developer Connection CD end if I do not renew my my subscription at the end of my annual membership? #C21 A9. In general, the License Agreement to use the code on each volume of The Developer Connection is shipped with that volume and expires 120 days after receipt of that volume or upon receipt of the next volume, which ever comes first. However, your licenses to the following toolkits continue beyond expiration of your subscription: The Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 2.1, Multimedia Presentation Manager Toolkit/2 1.1, Pen for OS/2 Developer's Toolkit, and The Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 Warp Version 3. As long as you adhere to all other terms and conditions of the Agreement, your license to the above mentioned toolkits does not terminate. #C10 Q10. Is the Developer Connection program available outside the US? #C21 A10. The Developer Connection for OS/2 program has been announced in the US, Canada, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Mexico, Brazil, and the Asia/Pacific countries. It is currently available in all of these geographies. #C10 Q11. How do I subscribe to The Developer Connection for OS/2? #C21 A11. In the US, you can subscribe to The Developer Connection for OS/2 by calling 1-800-6-DEVCON (1-800-633-8266), 303-330-7655(fax). In Canada, call 1-800-561-5293. 1-905-821-1187 (fax) In Brazil, call 0800-111205(phone), (011)886-3222(fax) In Mexico, call: 627-2444 (within Mexico City) 91-800 00639 (other locations in Mexico) To order in Europe, call IBM ISMS Direct Services in Denmark. Please ensure that you dial the international access code applicable to your country BEFORE dialing the appropriate phone number. Operators speaking the following languages are available. Note that 45 is the country code for Denmark. Internat. Language Dial code Number -------- ---------- --------- #C10 Dutch: Denmark=45 +48101400 English: Denmark=45 +48101500 French: Denmark=45 +48101200 German: Denmark=45 +48101000 Italian: Denmark=45 +48101600 Spanish: Denmark=45 +48101100 Danish : Denmark=45 +48101300 Sweden : Denmark=45 +48101150 Norway : Denmark=45 +48101250 Finnish: Denmark=45 +48101650 TeleFax: Denmark=45 +48142207 #C21 In Asia/Pacific, call: #C10 61-2-354-7684(phone) 61-2-354-7766(fax) #C21 Note that 61 is the country code for Australia. #C10 Q12. The back of the newsletter says "For CompuServe membership information, call........ You will receive a special introductory membership for IBM customers". What does the special introductory offer include? #C21 A12. The special introductory offer includes: #C10 - A brochure with an ID and password - 1 month of basic services for free - $15 of free extended services - free subscription to CompuServe magazine #C21 To obtain a CompuServe ID, or just to inquire about membership, call one of the following numbers depending on where you are located, ask for Representative 239: #C10 From the United Kingdom call 0800 289 378 From Germany call 0130 37 32 From other countries in Europe call (+44) (+272) 255 111 From the US call 1-800-524-3388 From elsewhere call 1-614-457-0802 (direct to the US) Q13. If I have a CompuServe id, how do I gain access to the private Developer Connection section of the OS2DF2 Forum? #C21 A13. The Developer Connection section on the OS2DF2 forum is the way to obtain technical support and also to exchange messages, ideas, comments and concerns with The Developer Connection for OS/2 team and forum members. To obtain access to this private section, send an EMAIL note containing your Developer Connection subscription number to the Developer Connection Administrator at CompuServe user id 73423,2767. You will receive notification of access to the Developer Connection section within 2 business days. To access the forum, type GO OS2DF2 at the ] prompt, then select the Developer Connection section. #C10 Q14. Is there any other electronic support for The Developer Connection for OS/2? #C21 A14. Yes, IBM has established the DEVCON CFORUM on the OS/2 BBS under TalkLink (TalkLink is a feature under the IBMLink Commercial Services). For more information, customers in the US may call 1-800-547-1283, customers outside of the US should contact their local IBM Marketing Representative. Support is also available thru the Internet by addressing your questions and comments to devcon@vnet.ibm.com. #C10 Q15. I have received a Promotional Copy of The Developer Connection for OS/2 CD, dated February 1995. I'm having some problems. How can I get some help? #C21 A15. There is a Question and Answer file addressing commonly asked questions on CompuServe. It is located on OS/2 Developers 2 Forum (go OS2DF2), in library 17, IBM files. The file is called DPROMO.TXT, and is updated as necessary. This is the only help available for customers who are not current subscribers to The Developer Connection for OS/2.