SCOUG OS/2 For You - April 1999

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+	F	D	Rexx	DrDialog (http://service2.boulder.ibm.com/devcon/showcase/cat/drdialog.htm).  Register, then download it (it's free).  This most amazing and high quality tool creates GUI REXX programs.
A	D-	A	Networking	Setting Up a SOHO Network (http://www.ameissnet.com/OS2Networking/SOHO.html).  OS/2 and Windows together --- this is the Warpstock '98 presentation given by David Ameiss.
A-	C	C-	Fax	PMFax, FaxWorks (http://www.kellergroup.com/).  Still the only way to fax, Keller Group's products are a must-have.  Check the Version 3 features list!
B+	F	B-	Graphics	Embellish (http://www.dadaware.com/).  Great graphics program.  Free demo.  Duck met the author, very impressed.
B	B+	C	Rexx	The Rexx Language Association (RexxLA) (http://www.rexxla.org/).  The 10th International Rexx Symposium is the first week of May in Jacksonville, Florida.  Mike Cowlishaw will speak.
A+	F	C+	Software	LEO -- Link Everything Online (http://www.leo.org/pub/comp/os/os2/leo/) or LEO -- Link Everything Online (ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/os/os2/leo/).  Big Leo is really growing from the OS/2 base in Europe.  Crank up your browser, Bubba, it's got stuff you won't find on Hobbes.  Great site map, and you can view a zip's contents before downloading.
A-	F	C+	Internet	SEVEN twentyfour (http://www.SEVENtwentyfour.com/).  A wide-ranging broken link monitor service for webmasters (see the sample report).
B	C+	D+	Security	Secure Shell SSH under OS/2 (http://www.snafu.de/~hmstahl/ssh/sshos2.html).  Do your eyes brighten at the word, "security"?  Click here.
A	C-	C	News	Changi (http://www.egnite.com/html/changi/changi.html).  It's a news server, it maintains your local newsbase, you'll never miss another post.
A	F	B-	Printing	Klassic Specialties (http://www.klassicspecialties.com/).  The "Paper, Paper, Paper" man (see http://www.scoug.com/os24u/1998/scoug805.2.dbaker.html) has new exclusive products.