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."