SCOUG OS/2 For You - October 1998

On the web, content is king. Far more important than glitzy graphics, content makes people come back again and again.

Let's see how this month's chosen web sites measure up:

Ratings			Info
Content	Links	Glitz	Type	Site (url) and Comments
A+	A+	A-	OS/2	Welcome to The Warped Site (http://users.pandora.be/luc.vanbogaert/index.htm).  If there were a dozen sites like this, Win98 would be the laughingstock of the world.  Luc and Sylvie, a four-star quack for this superb job.
A+	C	C	Rexx	The REXX Column (http://www.cfsrexx.com/os2-mag/index.htm).  Over two dozen REXX columns from OS/2 Magazine.
A+	F	B+	Computer	J3 Computer Technologies (http://www.os2store.com/).  J3's added a full line of hardware to their OS/2 software offerings, and the prices are the lowest this Duck has ever seen.  Site isn't designed for casual shoppers; browse elsewhere, buy here.  Hint:  Click on "Search".
F	A+	C-	OS/2	Net Catapult OS/2 (http://rrnet.com/~ah/os2.html).  Links, links, and only links.
A	B-	B+	Software	A Simple Guide to Mesa 2 (http://www.gate.net/~mlsemon/Mesa2/index.html).  Great concept --- take your favorite software and put up an info site for it.  Url is case sensitive.
A	A	A	User Group	Mid-Atlantic OS/2 User Group (http://www.mindspring.com/~reaper/maos2ug.html).  Well organized, slick looking, good writing.  Duck suggests the "Umbrella Articles".
B	C	D	OS/2	Priority Master II for OS/2 (http://www.prioritymaster.com/).  This absurdly complicated site does feature a good product.  Wading boots required.
B	C-	B	Games	K3's Favorite Shareware & Freeware Games for OS/2 Warp (http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/5953/).  Complete with screen shots.
B+	F	A	Internet	Frugal Software (http://www.frugalsoft.com/).  First product is NetLookout, to alert you when a site changes.
B	C-	A+	OS/2	The Tabi Family (http://www.tabi.org/).  Timur Tabi is one of the OS/2 gurus.  In hopes of snaring his autograph at Warpstock, the Duck is putting Timur's new url in the limelight.