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- From: fr@compu.com (Fred Rump from home)
- Newsgroups: comp.databases
- Subject: Re: FoxPro 2.5
- Message-ID: <1992Aug25.152901.11527@compu.com>
- Date: 25 Aug 92 15:29:01 GMT
- References: <1992Aug24.230708.1849@tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca>
- Organization: CompuData Inc.
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- timk@tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca (Tim Kuehn) writes:
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- >In a recent advertisement in PC Mag, Microsoft said anyone who's running
- >any other dbase language could get a copy of Foxpro for $199 US, and the
- >next version (2.5) for free.
-
- >Any word on what kind of offer those of us who've had Fox SW for eons and
- >have paid all the upgrade fees/etc. will have to pay to get Foxpro 2.5?
-
- If I can give you an example of what Borland is doing this may help. Got a
- blurp in the mail for the new Paradox 4.0 for $199.95 IE if you ever bought
- any borland product before you're elegible and if you just call you are too.
-
- I then said: 'well, since you haven't even opened up the last 3.5 upgrade yet
- you might as just get that upgraded to 4.0 and it must be substantially
- cheaper'. Sorry, $179.95 is the upgrade from 3.5 to 4.0. This will
- automatically qualify you for the upcoming windows upgrade for only $199.95
- more. Somehow I have a fealing we're being ripped off over the short run here.
-
- But I guess that's business. They don't have to produce new products just keep
- updating the old and make bundles of money.
-
- Somehow I don't think Dell has caught onto this trick yet as they sell the
- entire UNIX upgrade for $195. I guess that's because they're not really in the
- software business yet.
-
- fred
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