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- From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
- Subject: Re: News on 2.1 Release
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.194527.20449@njitgw.njit.edu>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 19:45:27 GMT
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- In article <ez#@byu.edu> earlyd@newt.ee.byu.edu (David Early) writes:
- >In article <1jk903INN912@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca>, twong@civil.ubc.ca (Thomas Wong) writes:
- >
- >>want to pay for the upgrade. I'm just surprised that nobody remembers
- >>IBM promising that we'd get a free upgrade to Win 3.1 support when it
- >>was ready, so that we all bought OS/2 2.0 when it was released instead
- >
- >I'm curious to find out if anybody has proof of this (ie a post to this
- >or another newsgroup) specifcally stating that IBM said this would
- >be the case. I'm not sure that IBM said it, but we may have all just assumed
- >it would be the case.
-
- If it comes down to this, then IBM should just not include Win 3.1.
- Personally, the only Windows app I use, WinWord, will be replaced when
- Lotus releases Ami Pro for OS/2 2.0. While I'd like Win 3.1 around to
- try out new shareware that comes through comp.binaries... groups, if
- MS wants to make it a choice between money or nothing, I'll choose
- nothing.
-
- >In my opinon, I don't think I can expect IBM to NOT charge. Sooner or
- >later they will have to charge something, or they won't see the point in
- >continuing developement. IBM is not here to be a benevolent giant.
-
- Because there will always be new sales. Upgrades are maintenance, not
- sales. Especially now, with OS/2 sales increasing rapidly, IBM will
- not lose any money offering upgrades for media charges.
-
- >>of waiting for OS/2 2.1 like all the discussions we had here on Usenet
- >>when 2.0 was first released. So nobody remembers this.... hmmm...
-
- This whole things sounds like the service pack discussions. Everyone
- said it was dumb, crazy, or just impossible for IBM to ship out a
- 14-disk service pack for free. They did it. I see no reason why they
- can't do the same with 2.1. And if they're afraid of piracy, they can
- also offer a CSD-style package that can be uninstallable over anything
- other than an existing installation of OS/2.
-
- Personally, I think $50 is reasonable, considering the quantity of
- stuff, expecially if the printed documentation improves. But that's a
- media charge - which is not (I hope) what we've been arguing for and
- against here.
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