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- From: hatton@socrates.ucsf.edu (Tom Hatton)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
- Subject: Re: News on 2.1 Release
- Message-ID: <hatton.727828372@cgl.ucsf.edu>
- Date: 23 Jan 93 22:32:52 GMT
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- dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
- >In article <hatton.727578160@cgl.ucsf.edu> hatton@socrates.ucsf.edu (Tom Hatton) writes:
- >>
- >>Certainly compared to whatever I paid for DOS5 to be bundled with the
- >>system, then the additional for Windows, estimated total $100, I think OS2
- >>has been extremely good value. Complaining about an additional charge for
- >>the final 2.1 release seems churlish, especially if it is going towards
- >>the MS coffers.
-
- >Exactly the opposite, my friend. Forgive me if I'm understanding
- >"churlish" with a reversed meaning, but I wouldn't really care (much)
- >if IBM needed funds to keep OS/2 going and decided to charge for the
- >upgrade. But Microsoft, who has actively chosen to block OS/2
- >whenever possible should not get a single penny off of it's sales.
- >It's completely unethical, and should be illegal, for a company to
- >make a profit off of a product they're trying to destroy. I object to
- >"paying the enemy" more than the actual dollar amount.
-
- >To put it another way, if IBM decided they couldn't afford free
- >upgrades and wanted to charge $50, I'd grumble, but I'd understand and
- >agree with them. But if Microsoft wants even $1 for it, I'd complain
- >bitterly. And I am.
-
- Sorry, I didn't make it explicit enough - I meant churlish to complain
- to, or about, IBM. We agree, we agree :-)
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- Tom Hatton
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