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- From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
- Subject: Re: HELP: Where OS/2 2.0 CSD?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep11.220656.21572@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
- References: <1992Sep10.213455.21500@ans.net> <1992Sep11.095038.3816@wsl.ie>
- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 22:06:56 GMT
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- In <1992Sep11.095038.3816@wsl.ie> jja@wsl.ie (John J. Allen) writes:
-
- >db3l@ans.net (David Bolen) writes:
- >: In article <1992Sep10.170914.16107@mksol.dseg.ti.com> mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
- >:
- >: Yes, IBM had a real nice track record for OS/2 users in terms of upgrades (I
- >: didn't have to pay anything since v1.0), and people were certainly talking
- >: about it, but there was no official declaration that it would have to
-
- >I think that going from version 1.x to 2.x should be a pay as you got
- >option. Then maybe IBM would be able to put as much permanent effort
- >into OS/2 as Microsoft seems able to put into Windows and it's derivatives.
-
- >NEW PURCHASE: Full price
- >UPGRADE: Low cost
- >CSD: Free (excluding media costs)
-
- >This will be better than MS and will still improve the revenues available
- >to the OS/2 development effort.
-
- This certainly sounds like a sensible policy to me, with but one
- slight caveat. If you buy MAINTENANCE, the upgrades are also free
- (and you get access to an IBM SE when you have problems).
-
- This is pretty much the way things work in the 'big iron' world
- anyway, so it shouldn't be that strange a concept for IBM. :-)
-
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