DEVCON for LAN Systems!!! This is a brief snapshot of our planned Developer Connection for LAN Systems and a questionnaire for customer feedback. PSP LAN Systems develops products that provide network operating system services (such as file, print, transaction, security and directory) for multiple operating systems (OS/2, DOS, Windows and AIX). Today, these products include OS/2 LAN Server, LAN Server Ultimedia, LAN Server for Macintosh, DOS LAN Requester, LAN Distance, Network Transport Services/2, LAN Netview, OS/2 and Windows DCE Run-time Client, AIX DCE, and AIX Encina. In addition, there are complementary products that extend the system's functionality such as Communication Manager/2, Database/2 for OS/2, NetSP, CICS and Distributed System Object Model. PSP LAN Systems has identified an API (or development tools) strategy that provides an application development environment with industry standard APIs for application portability and object frameworks to assist developers with code reuse. To help communicate the API strategy and identify the current inventory of LAN Systems API to you, we will deliver a Developer Connection CD-ROM for LAN Systems (See Note 1). This CD-ROM is a cross-platform offering that will support the installation of products and information to OS/2, Windows, DOS, and AIX workstations. It provides the programming environment required for client/server and distributed computing application development. The CD-ROM will contain the following: - LAN Systems Toolkit - Header files, library files, sample programs and documentation for all current products and those products in beta. (See Note 2) - API Roadmap Document that provides a detailed description of each API category and the future of the API. For example, the roadmap will identify if the API is the standard or how it will be mapped to the standard in the future. - IBM SOMobjects Base Toolkit - LAN Systems Product Betas - Other Resource Manager APIs - Technical pubs and white papers - Product demos - Third-party application development tools Notes: 1) The Developer Connection is a subscription program that offers the latest and the best in development information from IBM development teams. Currently LAN Systems participates in Developer Connection (DEVCON) for OS/2. 2) Some of the APIs in the LAN Systems toolkit are available with their shrink-wrap product offering. DEVCON will become the vehicle to deliver the consolidated API and toolkit information for LAN Systems products. Your input is needed to finalize details for the Developer Connection and the Toolkit for LAN Systems. Please provide us with information about your company and development environment and complete the following questionnaire. NAME OF COMPANY_________________________________________ YOUR NAME_______________________________________________ YOUR TITLE______________________________________________ APPROX NO OF EMPLOYEES__________________________________ TELEPHONE (OPTIONAL)_____________________________________ Indicate the products you currently develop applications for: ___ a. OS/2 ___ b. Windows ___ c. AIX ___ d. LAN Server ___ e. DCE ___ f. Encina ___ g. LAN Netview ___ h. Other network operating system service providers; _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ 1. Should product run-time code be provided on the CD-ROM as well? ___ Yes ___ No 2. If run-time code was provided on the CD-ROM, would you prefer? ___ Free of charge developer's license (the code could not be used for production use); ___ The product run-time code encrypted and you would unlock the code by paying the license fee. 3. Is CD-ROM only an acceptable delivery vehicle for the DEVCON for LAN Systems? ___ Yes ___ No 4. Currently DEVCON for OS/2 is provided as a quarterly subscription, how often would you prefer to see DEVCON for LAN Systems be provided? ___ quarterly ___ on the same schedule as DEVCON for OS/2 ___ semi-annually ___ yearly 5. Currently the charge for the DEVCON for OS/2 subscription is $199.00 per year. DEVCON for LAN Systems plans to charge an additional subscription fee to cover development, manufacturing, and distribution costs. Would you be willing to pay a subscription charge of $99.00 - $199.00 for DEVCON for LAN Systems? ___ Yes ___ No 6. Do you currently subscribe to DEVCON for OS/2? ___ Yes ___ No 7. Would you subscribe to the DEVCON for LAN Systems? ___ Yes ___ No 8. What else needs to be available on the DEVCON for LAN Systems? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 9. What else needs to be available with the LAN Systems Toolkit? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 10. What third-party application development tools vendors and products would you like to see on the DEVCON for LAN Systems? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------- After completing the questionnaire, use one of the following methods to return to us: 1. Print the questionnaire, complete, and fax to 1-800-456-3838. 2. Complete by editing as a file (available from various BBS's) and e-mail to: Internet: lnsysreq@vnet.ibm.com 3. Complete and mail to: IBM CORPORATION Kim Wilkens, Internal Zip 9375 11400 Burnet Road Austin, Texas 78758 If you have questions about this survey, please call: Kim Wilkens 1(512)838-2139 THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN OUR PRODUCTS AND TOOLKITS.