H.R. No. 983
                                  R E S O L U T I O N
    1-1        WHEREAS, The members of the Texas House of Representatives
    1-2  take great pleasure in welcoming to the State Capitol several
    1-3  representatives of the International Business Machines Corporation
    1-4  (IBM), which has chosen Texas as the headquarters for both its RISC
    1-5  System/6000 division and its personal software products division;
    1-6  and
    1-7        WHEREAS, Our distinguished guests from the personal software
    1-8  products division include Lee Reiswig, general manager, Dan
    1-9  Lautenbach, vice president of worldwide marketing, and Jo Ann
   1-10  Sager, director of public relations; and
   1-11        WHEREAS, IBM is currently celebrating the greatest success of
   1-12  the latest release of the operating system software OS/2 Warp,
   1-13  which has been selected as the overall 1994 Product of the Year by
   1-14  the readers of Infoworld magazine, has won the Software Publishers
   1-15  Association's highest award for best business software, and has
   1-16  received five awards at CeBIT in Hannover, Germany; and
   1-17        WHEREAS, Continuing to be the world leader in the 32-bit
   1-18  operating system arena, OS/2 has won 56 major industry awards,
   1-19  fitting tributes to its technical excellence, usability, and
   1-20  flexibility; and
   1-21        WHEREAS, On May 19, 1995, the personal software products
   1-22  division of IBM and its Austin site celebrate the shipping of the
   1-23  two millionth copy of OS/2 Warp to be sold worldwide, and it is
    2-1  indeed appropriate at this time that this exemplary company be
    2-2  given special recognition and support for its many outstanding
    2-3  economic and technical contributions to the Lone Star State; and
    2-4        WHEREAS, The headquarters of IBM's OS/2 software division
    2-5  demonstrates the commitment of Texas' private sector to make Texas
    2-6  the technology capital and create high-wage jobs for its people;
    2-7  now, therefore, be it
    2-8        RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 74th Texas
    2-9  Legislature hereby honor the employees and managers of IBM's
   2-10  personal software products division on this significant milestone
   2-11  in their corporation's history and recognize May 19, 1995, as OS/2
   2-12  Warp Day at the State Capitol; and, be it further
   2-13        RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
   2-14  prepared for the International Business Machines Corporation as an
   2-15  expression of high regard from the Texas House of Representatives.