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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: OS/2 Extended Services/Edition
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.164715.27748@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
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- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 16:47:15 GMT
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- In article <18990@fritz.filenet.com> darnold@fritz.filenet.com (Dave Arnold) writes:
- >I recently purchased OS/2 2.0 from 1-800-IBM ($49). I am interested in
- >getting the Extended Edition/Services. ACP as Extended Edition V1.2
- >shrink wrapped on sale for $100. 1-800-IBM says that to upgrade from
- >EE V1.2 to ES V2.0 is free. :-) This sounds like a good deal to be
- >since ES V2.0 will cost me $409 mail order discount (probably a $995
- >retail).
-
- This upgrade route is technically not now available according to the
- IBM announcement letter (you must have purchased EE before ES was
- released). There is no way for IBM to catch you on this, but I
- suggest playing by the rules.
-
- >My question is this: Does ES V2.0 contain the base OS/2 2.0? In other
- >words, did I need to order OS/2 2.0 ($49)? I asked 1-800-IBM, and they
- >didn't know.
-
- As part of the upgrade you get base plus Extended Services. The old
- Extended Edition included the base operating system.
-
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