Warpstock Europe 2011 - on-line report

2011-05-02 19:25:16 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Warpstock Europe 2011 opens at friday in Haarlem (Netherlands). We are going publish real-time report at eComStation.RU site (retell what happens, show photos).

What do you expect from the conference? What questions make to the speakers? What software "to order" from the developers?

Offering for developers: develop small cheap shareware apps

2011-05-01 03:05:54 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

The development of full-featured applications requires many efforts. That's why major part of eComStation shareware applications are very expensive (25 - 50 $).

Do the users need large graphics editors like Photoshop? Major part of users need simple editor for 5$ (or something like this).

Are you interested to develop small shareware applications? Let's discuss this topic in the forums on eComStation / OS/2 web-sites.

• How to distribute cheap apps? eCo Market is ready to distribute such products.
• How to accept payments from users? via Gift Cards
• How to make payments to the developers? connect the developers to Mensys / BMT Micro

eCo Software is searching for sponsors

2011-04-28 11:55:33 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

eCo Software is the only company releasing new shareware-products for eComStation / IBM OS/2 market today. The sellings of shareware return 20% of invested resources and funds. That's why sponsor support from users is very important for eCo Software.

How to support eCo Software:

• Pass reserve (unnecessary) notebook (desktop) to eCo Software developers at Warpstock Europe 2011. read more
• Invest into our projects
• Buy sponsor units for favorite programs
• Load you account in eCo Market (to support our new service)

Our sponsors in the past:

• WPS projects
• DevCon
• (help us remember details)

eComStation: spring is coming

2011-04-23 00:33:02 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

We found some news in the Internet:

1) What fixes / local improvement do you need in XWorkPlace?

2) Spanish-speaking users are going translate eComStation to spanish language: eComStation Spanish

3) Some discussion at popular joeuser.com site: I miss OS/2 April, 2011

4) Some words about QComicBook

5) Discussing SSD disks, does it work slower after 1 year of usage?

6) Warpstock Europe 2011 is coming, here is the list of speakers, do you have questions to the speakers in advance? We are ready ask the speakers.

Join Banner Networks

2011-04-19 02:36:44 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

eComStation.Ru offers join popular banner networks to the owners of sites (if you don't have own site then forward this message to your friend maintaining an OS/2 web-site).

eCo Ring

Example: test page

Rules, guarantees, restrictions read here.

Why join the network? To attract the visitors to your site it's necessary post an announcement of an application or publish a review. If your site is a member of eCo Ring network then people come to your site by themselves, they see your banner on other site (other member of eCo Ring network).

WSE2011 promo banner network

Example: colorful banners on eComStation.com main page

Rules, guarantees, restrictions read here.

Why support Warpstock Europe conference? It's important to attract more visitors to the conference. People can exchange knowledge and generate new ideas there.

eCo Market: Week of scientific/educational applications

2011-04-15 15:55:47 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

eCo Market is useful for resellers, support services and professional users.

Novice eCS users / Non-computer users (your grandfather/son) don't know where to find eComStation software. The user can find all needed applications using eCo Market now. No need to dig the Internet. What scientific and educational applications do you recommend include to eCo Market?

eCo Market is running on netbook

Whatsnew:

• eCo Market: 160 applications in the database
• 'I like it' feature - send messages to the developers

For users:

• How to support eCo Market?

For developers, help us to implement:

• eCo Market Widget (aimed to monitor qty of updated apps)
• Banner module (load banners, rotate banners)
• ..

Testing drivers and utilities

2011-04-15 12:51:41 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

• Uniaud audio driver UniaudUpdate195-1926.zip, UniaudUpdate195-213.zip
• Do you have troubles with AiR-BOOT boot manager?
• Firefox 4.0, Seamonkey 2.1 beta3 firefox-4.0.en-US.os2.zip firefox-4.0.en-US.os2.README seamonkey-2.1b3.en-US.os2.zip
• Release candidate of Archive Viewer v2.1 at BetaZone: here (support of new formats)
• USB Dock - view attached USB devices - download via eCo Market

How are you going celebrate eComStation birthday?

2011-04-14 17:25:28 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

eComStation Turns Ten in the summer (please check this fact)

How are you going celebrate this holiday?

• How to celebrate?
• Who can analyze the results of 10 years?
• Does anybody collect history facts?

Week of i3/i5/i7 barebones, notebooks and servers

2011-04-13 23:47:49 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

The next week is dedicated to collection of info about compatible/non-compatible barebones, notebooks and servers based on Intel Core i3/i5/i7. Our database contains 367 records about notebooks and servers, 264 records about motherboards. Major part of the models are not manufactured anymore. Post new reports using the web-form.

ACPI.PSD version and switches? Which version of ACPI.PSD doesn't work on this motherboard?

Which applications/drivers are not ready for this family of CPUs?

eComStation.TV: eSchemes installation

2011-04-11 17:55:10 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.tv]

New clips from eComStation.TV

	eScheme installation (3:27)
	eComStation Artefacts (2011/03) (4:30)

Review of PMINews 2.0 newsgroup reader

2011-04-10 13:32:19 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Craig Miller continues testing of popular applications for eComStation / IBM OS/2 Warp.

• Review of an eCS newsgroup reader: PMINews 2.0 - PMINews 2.0 was designed for both casual newsgroup users as well as newsgroup junkies. Its powerful features include the ability to search newsgroups for a particular phrase or attribute, offline reading, SPAM filtering, custom address books, Great binary post handling, and a lot more! PMINews 2.0 does it all, but does it do it well?
• GTIRC (GammaTech Internet Relay Chat) is a multi-user, multi-channel chatting system
• SysInfo/2 review

Full list of reviews: eComStation software

IBM OS/2 WebExplorer is forgotten

2011-04-09 18:41:43 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

We have found interesting picture how the browsers popularity was changing. Ops, OS/2 WebExplorer is not mentioned.. Here is a clip about OS/2 WebExplorer

(click the picture to see full history since 1994 till 2011)

eCo Market: I like it

2011-04-08 23:50:01 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

It's not easy to compose good email for the developer of favorite application, you can spend much time to formulate and edit the letter. Not all users are able to do this, that's why the developers don't get enough feedback.

We integrated new feature to eCo Market: "I like it" command. Every user can download updated application and send appreciation message to the developer via eCo Market.

Sometimes the developers need such short messages (SMS), not long bug-reports.

Sending SMS to the developer of favorite application

eCo Market homepage

eComStation - Spring is coming, becycles

2011-04-07 16:32:34 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Some news about eComStation from the Internet:

1) eComStation: to the left.. to the right.. (RUS) - the users are discussing how to develop eComStation operating system, Pro and Contra

2) LiveBook, short instructions for novice users: "Switching to other application"

3) APeCS catalogue is updated - Reviews page contains list of reviews and articles now, example: here If you found a review related to eComStation application - send us the link.

4) The article Changing fonts in eComStation 2.0 (RUS) is updated. How to solve the problem of ugly Waspsans TTF font?

5) osnews.com site published a message related to Java for eComStation.

6) Do you have own site related to eComStation / IBM OS/2 Warp? How to increase quantity of visitors? Join eCo Ring banner network

7) Offerings fro standalone developers. What apps to create for eComStation?

• Piano (look ad Windows 7 widget) - useful to test sound card, useful for children
• Download data from Android / Windows Phone 7 / Symbian communicator to eComStation
• Amazon Cloud drive client for eComStation.

Send us more ideas.

Event: High five for Warpstock Europe 2011

2011-04-06 20:18:19 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [OS2VOICE, Gerrit Schoenmaker ]

Only 5 weeks to go before kick off on May 6th in the city of Haarlem, The Netherlands and hereby are 5 excellent reasons why you should not miss this event:

• Meet great names in eComstation's history and listen to what they have to tell you. Never in the history of Warpstock Europe so many people from abroad (USA, Japan, France, UK, Germany, Italy, Russia, Ukraine, Switzerland, The Netherlands) do a presentation. The sessions schedule is already overbooked. Have a look for yourself at http://www.warpstock.eu/ en/agenda.html as the list of speakers is filling up steady.
• The Warpstock Europe 2011 event location is situated in a beautiful environment and is an excellent place to relax. So, enjoy Warpstock Europe 2011 and at the same time have a short vacation in the heart of Holland. You are close to Amsterdam, Schiphol Airport, the sandy beaches of the dutch seashore and see spring in all its splendour in the "Keukenhof". And of course the Dutch offer you excellent public transport wherever you want to go.
• This is what you always have wanted to do, a pilgrimage to the city where it all happens: "the making of eComStation". So, you might play the spy and take a sneaky picture of the Mensys HQ.
• As a WSE2011 visitor you can enjoy the very special social event on the evening of the second Warpstock day, for free. Mensys and the organization board offer you a lovely canalboat ride through the canals of the city of Haarlem and the river "Het Spaarne" and "after sailes" a drink in one of the old tavernes in the cosy and ancient city center.
• Warpstock Europe 2011 gives you an excellent opportunity to learn about the upcoming features of eComStation 3.0 from the guys close to the fire, be a participant and line up for the great Q and A session with all the session presenters. Sign up for the event at Mensys Shop and return home afterwards with the feeling, yes, this is it: Warpstock and eComStation forever!

Gerrit Schoenmaker  
WSE2011 board member  
Chairman of the Dutch eCS & OS/2 usergroup  
Warpstock Europe Web site: http://www.warpstock.eu

Links:

• Register as visitor

eComStation.RU add-on: To inform more people about coming event you can join WSE2011 promo campaign and put this banner to your site:

<script src= "http://ecomstation.ru/banners/wse2011bannernetwork.js" type= "text/javascript"></script>

Example:

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No Skolkovo, No National OS

2011-04-06 16:52:41 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

eCo Software doesn't plan to participate in Skolkovo project or creation of National Russian OS.