home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!usenet
- From: jbodnar@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (John Bodnar)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
- Subject: Re: News on 2.1 Release
- Date: 23 Jan 1993 06:44:33 GMT
- Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
- Lines: 37
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <1jqpghINN5u0@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu>
- References: <1jf40mINNph0@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca> <TXHmXB3w165w@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca> <9195@lee.SEAS.UCLA.EDU>
- Reply-To: jbodnar@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (John Bodnar)
- NNTP-Posting-Host: flubber.cc.utexas.edu
-
- According to ygoland@edison.seas.ucla.edu (The Jester):
- > 2.IBM PROMISED THAT IT WOULD GIVE 2.1 TO ALL 2.0 USERS FOR
- > FREE! LET ME REPEAT THAT:
-
- (stupid ASCII art deleted)
-
- >Thats right, FREE! GRATIS! NO CHARGE!! NO COST!!! THEY PROMISED
- >THIS! I don't give a fuck if this is a good deal for IBM or not, I
- >don't give a damn if this was a smart move on their part. The god
- >damn bottom line for all you thick headed morons who seem completely
- >incapable of understanding even the most fundamental concepts of
- >offer and acceptance, is that IBM PROMISED TO GIVE IT TO ALL 2.0
- >USERS FOR FREE! PERIOD! END OF DISCUSSION!!
-
- Would you get off of it! Sheesh! IBM never said OS/2 v2.1 would be free.
- NEVER! JAMAIS! NUNCA! NIE!
-
- Your license doesn't say this, John Soyring never said this, Lee Reiswig
- never said this, IBM NEVER SAID THIS!
-
- You cannot guarantee that IBM's past practices will be indicative of
- anything they will do in the future.
-
- Stop calling me and everyone else out here who claim otherwise "thick
- headed morons." You're filling that role better than anyone else right
- now.
-
- > The Jester
-
- Just show me anything from IBM that says 2.1 will be free. A press
- release, a post on this newsgroup, some text files on
- software.watson.ibm.com, etc. So far as I know, you can't do it.
- --
- John Bodnar : Friends don't let friends use Windows!
- The University of Texas at Austin :
- Internet: jbodnar@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu : OS/2 and Rush Limbaugh! Succeeding
- UUCP: ....!cs.utexas!ut-ccwf!jbodnar : despite the media's best efforts!
-