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Date:	Mon, 20 Sep 1999 03:00:06 PDT
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-general@scoug.com
To:	scoug-general@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-General: Attendance Exceeds Estimates, Warp Expo West Mobbed

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Note from Peter Skye: This is a copy of the press release we
distributed today to the news media.

Contact: Rollin White (Rollin@scoug.com)
1-562-596-5121 office

Monday, September 20, 1999

Press Release - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
____________________________________________________________

Attendance Exceeds Estimates, Warp Expo West Mobbed !!!

Warp Expo West, the international "Warpfest Of OS/2 Excitement" in
sunny California, held court to throngs of happy OS/2 revelers on
Saturday as it filled lecture halls, exhibit areas and hallways with an
enthusiasm unseen in recent memory. The four lecture halls were often
at capacity, the exhibitor area often mobbed.

"We had 20% more guests than anticipated," said Rollin White, Chairman
of Warp Expo West. "We obviously underestimated the industry's interest
in OS/2 and the number of people who would travel long distances to
attend a major OS/2 function."

International guests mingled with local attendees as lecture after
lecture poured forth from the auditoriums and seminar rooms.

The roundtable with Peter Coffee of PC Week, Esther Schindler of Sm@rt
Reseller and Alan Zeichick of Camden Associates had people talking for
the rest of the day, discussing the panelist's comments and sharing
their own personal insights.

Jerry Rash began the first of his four OS/2 multimedia lecture periods
faced with an overflow crowd. Extra chairs were brought in and the
audience spilled out through the doors and into the hallway, listening
to his every word and vying for an occasional glimpse of the screen.

When asked during a morning pause how the show was doing for bringing
in new business, Jim Williams of IBM replied "We've already made several
good contacts. Warp Expo West is about the best show we've been to."

And so it went. Guests poured in from all over the U.S. and from
overseas as well, taking in this massive gathering of OS/2 technology,
products and information.

Lecturers held impromptu discussions in the hallways. The Warped
Jeopardy! game show presentation from Sundial Systems was a combined
multimedia extravaganza and stage show delight. Live video feeds were
sent around the world over Internet connections. Webfoot, The Duck made
an appearance.

Special exhibits lined the walls. Vendor100 was spectacular to watch
as WiseManager from Serenity Systems instantly brought up icon after
icon of Vendor100 software on every machine during the network bootup.
Commercial-grade overhead projectors threw large images onto the
auditorium screens. The OS/2 space game Stellar Frontier ran on a bank
of machines.

"We've accomplished what we set out to do," continued Rollin White,
"and we've again brought OS/2 knowledge and products to the community,
to both current users and new users, so that OS/2 will continue to be
recognized for what it is - the best desktop operating system in the
world today."

- - -

Warp Expo West was held last Saturday, September 18, in sunny Southern
California. All the info is still at

http://www.scoug.com/warpexpowest

Admission was free.

Special Credits:

Rollin White, Chairman (he made it happen)

Steve Schiffman, Facilities and Networks (he got the building, he
got us connected)

Carla Hanzlik, Web Mistress (she put us on the web)

Sponsored by The Southern California OS/2 User Group.

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