IBM is expected to delay introduction of updated OS/2 version for 3 months

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IBM announces a delay in the release of the new, much enhanced, version of its OS/2 operating system. OS/2 2.0 experiences a three-month delay, with release now scheduled tentatively for Mar 1992. Industry representatives indicate that more details about the new operating system and its expected availability should be announced at the Comdex/Fall trade show. Executives in the systems software industry suggest that the delay hinders IBM's ability to support OS/2, to compete with Microsoft Corp, which is withdrawing its support for the operating system. It may even mean the beginning of the end for OS/2. The delay is a result of additional enhancements IBM wants to add, attempting to live up to a promise of competing with Microsoft's Windows graphical user interface. Parts of the interface of OS/2 2.0 are taking longer to finalize than expected. Some analysts believe IBM is wise to hold up OS/2 2.0's release rather than ship a product that does not meet the expectations raised by the computer company's $40 million advertising campaign.

Product information, Microsoft Corp., Operating systems (Software), Operating systems, MSFT, Operating System, Competition, Product Delay, Product introduction delays, OS/2 2.0 (Operating system)

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Computer Associates to unveil strategy to bring order to its software products

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Computer Associates International Inc wants to bring order out of software products that the company has accumulated as a result of various acquisitions. Computer Associates has been growing at nearly 50 percent annually, and the company now generates more than $1 billion in annual revenue. But the company encountered problems after its recent acquisition of Cullinet Software. Sales stalled as customers waited to see how the Computer Associates would deal with an overlap in product lines, and investors got nervous, wondering if Computer Associates was using 'aggressive accounting procedures' to make things look better than they actually were. When signs of weakness showed, Computer Associates's stock fell 50 percent, closing at $13 a share on Friday, Apr 27, 1990. To get moving again, Computer associates plans to cross-pollinate some products and to sell other products that target specific markets.

CA Inc., CA, Growth (Physiology), Growth, Outlook, Company Profile, Marketing Strategy, Organization Structure, Reorganization

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IBM reports it fell behind again on part of OfficeVision software

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IBM announces that its OfficeVision office automation software will not become available until well into 1991. The software was to be released in Dec 1990, which is nine months behind when it was originally to be released, but IBM has encountered complex problems with the program, which make it run extremely slowly. OfficeVision is a complicated series of products that are designed to link a company's computers in ways that are not currently possible. Industry observers indicate that they are not sure how long it will take for IBM to correct the problem, and they believe that the company might be trying to do too much.

Software, Office applications software, Software packages, Office Automation Software, OfficeVision (Workgroup software)

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