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- From: h198@hosp.med.umich.edu (Gene Mangum)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: *WARNING* SPM/2 Beta Expiration Problem: System Hang
- Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 21:09 EDT
- Organization: Univ of Michigan Hospitals
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- Message-ID: <19930105210927.h198@hosp.med.umich.edu>
- References: <1993Jan4.224124.2014@porthos.cc.bellcore.com> <C0C1o4.EMG@unx.sas.com> <sBZuwB1w165w@tcscs.UUCP>
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- In Article <1993Jan4.224124.2014@porthos.cc.bellcore.com> "ral@athens.cc.bellcore.com ()" says:
- > In article <sBZuwB1w165w@tcscs.UUCP>, tcscs!zeta@src.honeywell.com (Gregory Youngblood) writes:
- > > snodjs@tuckwell.unx.sas.com (Dan Squillace) writes:
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- > This makes me wonder: Does the OS/2 2.1 BETA have an expiration date
- > after which it stops running or something?
- >
- > Also, I've heard of two $15 offers and I'm wondering if they're the
- > same thing: the OS/2 2.1 BETA, and something called a DAP (developers'
- > assistance package). What's the story?
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- My understanding is that the expiration date on the PDK software and
- the 2.1 beta is purely a legal one (no software checking). IBM
- usually does not make their software stop working when it expires.
- I don't know if the IBM lawyers have some way of knowing, though :-)
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- Gene Mangum
- Univ of Michigan Hospitals
-