1996 Open Systems Products Directory is Released
UniForum members can expect soon to receive their copies of the 1996
Open Systems Products Directory in the mail, and copies are being made
available for review and sale at UniForum '96.
The Open Systems Products Directory is one of the most important
benefits of UniForum membership, and its appearance each year is eagerly
awaited. This year's edition is another record setter, tipping the scales
at almost seven pounds. The 1,800+ page Directory contains more than 8,700
product and service listings from over 2,200 vendors worldwide. By far the
most comprehensive directory of its kind in the computer industry, the 1996
Open Systems Products Directory covers both hardware and software and
is organized with four indexes that allow for quick reference to the data
desired. There is a Product and Vendor Index, a Keyword Index, and--most
importantly--an Operating Systems Index for each of the seven major product
categories. This OS index allows users to find products that run on the
system they already operate.
The entire Directory is also available on UniForum's Web Home Page. (Go
to http://www.uniforum.org and click on the 1996
Open Systems Products Directory.) This online access is available
to all for a limited time around the UniForum '96 show, after which it will
be taken off and made available to UniForum members only, using their membership
numbers and a password--yet another good reason to become a UniForum member!
UniForum director of publications, Dick Shippee, is very proud of this latest
Directory and of the effort that went into preparing it. "The Directory
is a full-year project and seeing it in print is a source of great satisfaction
to everyone on the publications staff. I'd like to thank Leslie Zimmerman,
our production coordinator, for her marvelous effort. Leslie 'owns' the
Directory project and she even planned her pregnancy leave around its publication
(or so she claims)! Kudos are also due to Ann Comey, our database administrator,
who maintains the entire Directory file on our Informix engine and who prepares
an extraordinarily complex FrameMaker document that is sent electronically
to our printer--a flawless execution. Thanks, also, to IS manager, Ronald
Wong, to art manager, Cheri DeBusk, and to contributing editor, April Buchholz.
Their efforts all went towards making the data acquisition, preparation
and production of the Directory possible."