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   ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service   http://www.os2voice.org ++    
      
   From: roderickkleinDESPAM@DESPAMxs4all.nl   
      
   This email was send out on behalf of Silvan Scherrer from Bitwiseworks GmbH.     
      
      
   In the current situation and in the remaining OS/2 market, the 2 major players   
   are:     
      
    * ArcaNoae LLC (in short "AN")   
    o they put things together, develop drivers and they   
    are entitled to sell ArcaOS direct or via resellers.   
    * bww bitwise works GmbH (in short "bitwise")   
    o creates software to make ArcaOS usable. "Bitwise" develops and   
    maintains a default toolchain to create software for   
    all flavorsof OS/2 (plain OS/2 4.5, eComStation 1.x and   
    2.x and ArcaOS 5.x).   
    o "Bitwise" main emphasis is on providing open source   
    software by porting various libraries, toolkits and   
    programs. The biggestpart found at the available RPM Wiki   
    http://trac.netlabs.org/rpm/wiki/AvailableRPM> is work of   
    "bitwise".   
    o In addition "bitwise" is working on InJoy Firewall, a closed   
    source project providing security to OS/2.     
      
   All money in "bitwise" is used to pay the developer costs for bigger   
   projects (AOO, Java, Qt and Firefox). Our most notable developers are   
   Dmitry Kuminov and Yuri Dario. Herwig Bauernfeind and most notably   
   Silvan Scherrer work more or less for free.     
      
   Recently income for development projects like Firefox, which we did   
   partialy for "AN" and other consultancy projects has dropped. Since then we   
   don't have a flowing source of income and this is one of the reasons you see   
   more sponsorship campaigns from different sources, where the campaigns from   
   OS/2 VOICE are most probably the most known ones. We know we have been too   
   silent during the last couple of years, but we invested most of the time in   
   development.     
      
   "Bitwise" main goal is to provide as much software as possible for free, but we   
    cannot do so without the help of the community. We need as many sponsors as   
   possible or sales through our webshop - as to say lightely: "Free software does   
    not grow on trees".     
      
   Overall the best way to support "bitwise" and the open source idea on   
   OS/2 is to become a sponsor and buy development units or other articles   
   (including ArcaOS) in our webshop https://www.bitwiseworks.com/shop.   
   If you buy, as example, ArcaOS in our webshop, a part of the sale stays in   
   "bitwise", the rest goes to "AN".     
      
   A completely different way to support us, is our channel at Patreon   
   https://www.patreon.com/bwwbitwiseworks>. Supporters on patreon will   
   receive little special gimmicks from time to time, not available otherwise.     
      
   OS/2 is, and has always been our passion! Help us to create more and   
   better software for it for a longer period of time!     
      
   -- freundliche Grüsse / kind regards   
   Silvan Scherrer     
      
   /Silvan Scherrer   
   AROA Informatik AG   
   Tel. +41 71 243 55 77   
   Fax +41 71 243 55 70   
   http://www.aroa.ch http://www.aroa.ch> /   
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