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- From: goyal@utdallas.edu (Mohit K. Goyal)
- Subject: The CSD will be free!
- Message-ID: <1992Sep10.211223.13714@utdallas.edu>
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- Organization: Univ. of Texas at Dallas
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 21:12:23 GMT
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- To those of you who don't know, IBM has repeatedly stated that the upcoming
- bug fixes and enhancements will be free.
-
- The 32-bit GRE
- Wanted to get it in the GA release but didn't have it released in time,
- said that it would be free when finished. Restated this at PC Expo.
- Restated again in a document by IBM detailing their plans for OS/2.
- (This was made in August, I recently reposted it to this group)
-
- Windows 3.1
- IBM said that it would be added to OS/2, and that some 3.1 code is in
- WIN-OS/2 right now. Said at PC Expo that it was going into beta testing
- in July, they did not say when it will be out.
- In the IBM document detailing their plans for OS/2, they said it will
- be available in the fall, free electronically or for a media charge
-
- IBM stated that in the fall a Performance and Service pack in which
- they pack up all the known fixes and the product enhancements will
- be offered for a media charge or free electronically.
- The P&S Pack will include Win3.1, 32-bit GRE, and drivers for XGA,
- SVGA, and 8514/A.
-
- They also state that for a media charge or free electronically, in
- the fall, over 200 applets(productivity applications, tools, utilities,
- games, and bitmaps) will be made available, and that they will probably
- offer a CD version on this.
-
- The last item I will summarize from the very informative document is
- that IBM states in the fall OS/2 will be available in a package
- containing 2 diskettes and a CD.
-
- If the document OS2PLANS is not already on ftp-os2.nmsu.edu I will
- send it their.
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-