Where to buy OS/2 Software
Version 1.03

by
Brad Wardell
Stardock Systems, Inc.
1-800-762-2338
313-453-0328

Are you an OS/2 ISV looking for places to carry your brand new OS/2 app?  
Are you an OS/2 user that want to know where to get commercial OS/2 software?

PLEASE DISTRIBUTE THIS FILE ANYWHERE YOU CAN.  OS/2 users everywhere should
be able to find software conveniently!

Here is the list of known stores or mail order houses that carry OS/2 software.  
If you would like us to add a particular reseller to the list, drop a line to 
OS2STORES@stardock.com

A list of distributors is also included.

RESELLERS/RETAILERS
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UNITED STATES
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Comment: per capita, the US is not the most pro-OS/2 country but
definitely has the largest overall market.

Indelible Blue
1-800-776-8284
Comment: They know the OS/2 market.  If there is an OS/2 app,
they have it. The world-wide market leader for reselling OS/2
software.

APS Technology
1-800-418-6392
Comment: First really large reseller to get behind OS/2 in a big
way.  They are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and ready to
take your order.

J3 Computer Technologies
1-800-787-0930
909-985-6786
email: sales@os2store.com
Comment:  J3 is an Internet/Mail order company that carries a
wide selection of OS/2 applications and sometimes have 
the best prices.

Kiyo Design
410-280-1942
Email: Hamasaki@capaccess.org
Comments: This is one of the few OS/2-ONLY stores in the world.
If you live in their area you should contact them.  They have
great pricing, OS/2 hardware and more.

CompUSA
1-800-CompUSA
Comment: While they may not always be good at restocking
their inventory, they do carry OS/2 software and often
times at pricing below mail order surprisingly.
WWW: www.compusa.com

MicroCenter
Comment: This superstore is really super.  They have a
wide selection of OS/2 software at great prices and they
are very pro-OS/2

CosmOS/2
1-602-864-7616
Comment: Another great OS/2 only store.  The storeowner
is very pro-active in the market and a reliable source
for any product.  If you live in the Arizona area, stop
by.  

OS+ Resource
1-800-804-8588
Email: OSPlus@Netcom.com
Comment: One of the rising stars in the fast growing 
OS/2 reseller market.  They are quickly becoming a major
force in the reseller market with consistant advertising
in OS/2 Magazine.  They also have very competitive pricing.

Office Solutions
1-800-897-2777
310-438-7888
os2store@ix.netcom.com
Comment: Full Service store that Specializes in OS/2 Software 
and has a great selection of applications.  And always offers
service with a smile.

Keeping Intelligent Systems Simple
or Simply Intelligent
512-491-6672
512-345-0636
Comment: Custom builds probably one the best quality systems
and preloads with OS/2 and Object Desktop.

T.C.G. Consulting, Inc.         
Voice: 954-752-7740
Fax: 954-752-7501
Internet: adelator@tcgpo.com  CompuServe: 76416,551
Comment: BESTeam Member and a Novell Gold Dealer

AUSTRALIA
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Comment: There are a few Australian resellers but we
don't know who they all are.  

Frankson Information Management
+61-2-9988-3081
Comment: Not a reseller but a distributor really but
a good place to get information on OS/2 software and
find out a local store near you.  They are also known
as "Stardock downunder" as they work more closely with
Stardock than ANY distributor in the world (including
USA).

Multitasking Consulting:
Comment: I don't have their phone number but they do
sell OS/2 software.

Sentience Software
The best mail order place I know of in Australia...

CANADA
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Comment: Canada has a huge OS/2 user base per capita but
not many OS/2 resellers.  However, there are two that I
know of: one on the west and one on the east.

Below Zero
1-800-461-2777
  403-547-0669
  403-547-1018 Fax
Comment: They made it big in the OS/2 market
a couple years ago by being one of the first to carry
Borland C++

House of Technology
Comment: Not just a reseller but a distributor in Canada.
416-620-7970

Doppler Computers, Vancouver, BC
604-875-0261
Comment: Has a decent selection.

Intertech O.A. Disktribution
604-872-7337
604-872-2524 Fax
email: cgeorge@lionsgate.com
URL: http://www.lionsgate.com/hom/cgeorge/
Comment:  Intertech assembles their own machines customized
to fit your needs and stocks the hottest OS/2 applications.
Soon to be opening a store in Kamloops, British Columbia.

La Maison Informatique
514-282-1671
Montreal, Quebec

Softchoice Corp
Toronto
416-588-9002
http://www.softchoice.com

GERMANY
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Comment: The 2nd largest market for OS/2 and the largest
per capita.  Stardock made a native German version of
Object Desktop because of the huge German market. Home
of Vobis, probably the largest OS/2 preloader in the world.

NOVAStar:
+08-21-44-44-976
Comment: One of the most successful resellers/distributors
in Germany. 

EDV Beratung
+49-6183-9165-0
Comment: Richard Clement's company has quickly risen to
be a major force in the OS/2 reseller market.  

Softworld
Comment: One of the major advertisers in OS/2 Inside,
the premiere OS/2 publication in Germany.  This magazine
is so good that Stardock occasionally translates it to
English for reading purposes.

GREAT BRITAIN
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Comment: Home of Escom which preloads Object Desktop.

OneStop Softawre (in Bristol)
+44 117-985-3370
+44 117-985-3373 Fax
Web: http://www.onestop.co.uk
Comment: Truly a onestop store for OS/2 apps in Britain.

UTO Systems Limited
+44 181-567-5253
+44 181-567-3454 Fax
email: t_c@cix.compuling.co.uk

FINLIND
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Aploc Inc.
+35 80-6969-3230
+35 80-6969-3231
Comment: They specialize is ADP systems but their multifaced
long experience gives reliable, expert and manysided service for
their customers.


THE NETHRLANDS
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Comment: While it may be a small country, its residents 
definitely seem to know a good OS when they see one.  
The Netherland's main reseller MenSys has sold a lot of
OS/2 software.

MenSys
+31-23-547-08-37
+31-23-547-11-96
email: mensys@euronet.nl
url: http://www.euronet.nl/users/mensys
Comment: A major distributor/reseller in The Netherlands.

Blue Ware
+31-23-548-30-15
+31-23-548-44-81 Fax
Comment: Rising to be one the largest OS/2 
Reseller/Distributor in Europe.  Look for them to be around
a long time.

NEW ZEALAND
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T&J Partnership
+64-4-589-0341
Comment: Carries OS/2 Software and will custom build to fit your
operating system needs.

Little Blue Kiwi
Phone/Fax: (04) 576-775
email: bobmcl@ibm.net

NORWAY
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ESS-Data AS
+47-2272-6699
+47-2272-0429 Fax
email: essdata@sn.no
Comment:  Probably the only store in Norway to keep
OS/2 Software stocked on its shelves.


JAPAN:
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Comment: Japan is a very large OS/2 market as well.  The
#4 country in the world for Stardock as far as sales volumes
go.

NET JAPAN, Inc.
+81-3-5296-1233
+81-3-5296-1255 Fax
Email: minerine@netjapan.co.jp
http://www.netjapan.com
Comment: Sell a lot of OS/2 softaware including Galactic Civilizations
and Object Desktop Japanese Version (the manual is in Japanese).

SWEDEN
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Blue Soft
+46-8-778-1556
+46-8-778-1556 Fax
Email:janswa@algonet.se
Comment: A new OS/2 reseller looking to give you the product
you want at the right price.


SWITZERLAND
============

Minzloff Data
+41-61-261-4459
+41-61-261-4451
Comment: Reliable and offers great service.  One of the original
OS/2 resellers in Switzerland.


DISTRIBUTORS
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Let's say you want to carry OS/2 software or you want to 
let your local store where they can get OS/2 software.  Here
are some phone numbers:

UNITED STATES:
Blue Orchards
1-800-777-7704

AUSTRALIA:
Frankson Information Management

CANADA:
House of Technology

GERMANY:
NovaStar

NETHERLANDS:
Blue Ware
Mensys


The most up to date version of this list is located on 
Stardock's world wide web page:

http://www.stardock.com

or

via Stardock's compuserve forum GO STARDOCK.

Web links to most of these resellers are also available
there.