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- From: nap42487@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Nishith A. Patel)
- Subject: Re: OS/2 2.1? (Why it may cost) READ THIS!!
- References: <62740@mimsy.umd.edu> <1992Dec14.094803.12759@waikato.ac.nz>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 00:06:21 GMT
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- harvey@waikato.ac.nz writes:
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- >Sorry if someone has posted this information already but I was speaking to our
- >local IBM person on friday (11/12/92). She said that the reason that OS/2 2.1
- >has been delayed is because there is a fight going on between IBM and
- >microsoft. Basically microsoft is trying to force IBM to charge for the next
- >update because they recon that in moving to 3.1 code they can charge more.
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- I thought they would have the price for the 3.1 code agreed on a long time ago.
- Does IBM still have to negotitate the price they are going to pay MS for
- the 3.1 code?
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