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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!rutgers!njitgw.njit.edu!hertz.njit.edu!dic5340
  2. From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer
  4. Subject: Re: Can someone at IBM please explain why developers should develop for OS/2?
  5. Message-ID: <1992Jul29.154428.12738@njitgw.njit.edu>
  6. Date: 29 Jul 92 15:44:28 GMT
  7. References: <1992Jul28.021436.2865@hellgate.utah.edu>
  8. Sender: news@njit.edu
  9. Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.
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  13. In article <1992Jul28.021436.2865@hellgate.utah.edu> brian%jensen.cs.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Brian Sturgill) writes:
  14. >Why does IBM charge so much for the hardcopy manual set?
  15.  
  16. Perhaps because it consists of 17 large volumes?
  17.  
  18. >How can anyone possibly justify a >$800 price tag?
  19.  
  20. Right now, it's only ~$300.  I'd be shocked if dealers didn't discount
  21. it to about $600 or less.  $800 will be a list price.
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  23.    |)  David Charlap           "I don't even represent myself
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