QUESTION
 How can I find out about SOM and DSOM in preparation for using the
 VisualAge SOMsupport feature?

ANSWER
 Here are some places to read about SOM and DSOM (in no particular order
 The mini-reviews are my personal opinions of the books.

 * Client/Server Programming with OS/2 2.1 (G325-0650-02)

 This tome by Robert Orfali and Dan Harkey should be on the desk of
 anyone doing client/server programming.  It has a great deal of
 information on SOM V1 (as delivered with OS/2 2.0) and some on SOM V2
 and DSOM(as delivered with SOMobjects for OS/2 and with the VisualAge
 SOMsupport feature).

 * Client/Server Survival Guide with OS/2 (SR28-5494)

 Orfali and Harkey have followed their original best-seller (above)
 with another book that is destined for fame.  Part 7 has the most
 relavent information, comprising 7 chapters on CORBA, object
 frameworks (Taligent), OPENDOC vs. OLE/2, DSOM and SOMobjects, and
 distributed object databases.

 * Object-Oriented Programming Using SOM and DSOM (SR28-5570)

 Christina Lau provides a soup-to-nuts coverage of SOM and DSOM here.
 Her programming examples(watch for the typos!)range from introductory
 to a complete mini-application.  While there's not a lot of depth,
 some important points are brought out that I haven't seen discussed
 anywhere else.

 * SOMobjects: A Practical Introduction to SOM and DSOM

 This redbook from the IBM ITSO Austin Center takes you through the
 steps of developing a distributed banking application using DSOM. The
 book is most appropriate for readers who have some DSOM background.
 IBM publication number is GG24-4357.

 * SOMobjects Developers Toolkit Publications
 This set of books contains:
 - Users Guide
 - Programmers Reference
 - Programmers Quick Reference
 - Collection Classes Reference
 - Emitter Framework Guide and Reference
 - Installation/Configuration Guide

 IBM publication number is S96F-8649 for the complete set

 * OS/2 Developer Magazine

 Many past issues have had articles about the SOMobjects
 implementation of SOM and DSOM.  The most recent are:

 SOMobjects Developer Toolkit:An Overview, Nov/Dec 93, G362-0001-20
 SOMobjects Developer Toolkit:Sharing SOM Objects with DSOM,Jan/Feb 94
 G362-0001-21

 * The various SOM-associated forums:

 On IBMPC:

 SOM      FORUM
 SOMHOWTO CFORUM
 SOMRTBUG CFORUM
 SOMTKBUG CFORUM
 SOM      ANSWERS
 OS2WPSOM FORUM
 OS2WPSOM ANSWERS

 On IBMUNIX:

 CORBA    FORUM

 On GLOBENET:

 OBJSTRAT COMPUSRV
 SOMBUG   COMPUSRV
 SOMHOWTO COMPUSRV