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- From: mortenk@dhhalden.no (MORTEN KNUDSEN)
- Subject: Re: News on 2.1 Release
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 20:01:22 GMT
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- In article <C18oCG.H00@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> adkinsg@symphony.cc.purdue.edu (Garry Adkins) writes:
- >From: adkinsg@symphony.cc.purdue.edu (Garry Adkins)
- >Subject: Re: News on 2.1 Release
- >Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 04:55:27 GMT
- >In article <1993Jan21.152712.15720@njitgw.njit.edu> dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
- >>>and remember that the new version will come w/ almost $20 worth of
- >>>diskettes!!
- >>
- >>If they only charge for the diskettes, manuals, packaging, and
- >>shipping, I won't complain. But I will be very pissed off if some
- >>gang of lawyers wants to add on an extra $30 to go into Bill Gates's
- >>pockets.
- >>
- >
- >There's no real way around this one. I suspect you should be gearing
- >up to get "pissed off". You're paying $15-20 to microsoft per each
- >now, and that won't change soon. This (again) is the driving force
- >behind a "windowless" os/2. It is real microsoft code in there,
- >and IBM must pay microsoft real money for it.
- >
- Well, I expect (and hope) that those of us that already own a windoze 3.1
- license (i.e. bundle) won't have to give mucko$oft a dime.
-
- >Garry
-