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>Here is Australia I rung IBM and asked about the price of the cd version of
>warp. She asked me which version, the blue or the red. So I told her,
>unsure which is which, the one with out windows. she told me AUS$179. BUT
>she told me that you MUST have windows to install it. ??????? 

>Well I said how about the blue version then I said and see said its coming
>out NEXT YEAR, because of problems with Microsoft.

It seems that many IBM sales folk don't know what is going on.  Here is the 
true story (honest).  The blue versus red version refers to the color on the 
side of the box in which warp is shipped.  The version of warp without windows 
code is in a box with a red side.  The version of warp with windows code will 
be in a box with a blue side.  

Now, the only version of warp currently available is the version without 
Windows built in (The "red" box).  Thus, if you want to run windows 
applications under warp, you need your own copy of windows.  You DO NOT NEED 
any operating system what so ever on your machine to install warp "red".  If 
Warp finds windows on your machine, it will setup support for windows 
applications, and ask for windows disks 1, 2 and 5 during installation.  If 
warp does not find windows on your hard drive, it will install just fine.

Now, blue versus red warp.  Red Warp, i.e. the one without windows code built 
in, is currently in the stores (if it isn't sold out).  The blue version, i.e. 
the one that will sell with windows built in (you don't need your own version 
of windows to support windows apps) will go on sale sometime in early 95, or 
so goes the rumors.

If you have windows on your machine, go buy warp ("Red" :-) and install it.  
It'll do fine.  If you don't have windows and you don't plan on running 
windows applications, go buy warp "Red".  

Note:  If you have 2.1 (or 2.11) GA and you do not have windows as a seperate 
package, I don't know if warp will install over your GA and provide windows 
support.  Some people say that "Hey, you already paid microsoft's royalty when 
you purchased 2.1, so go find a friend with the windows disks and install 
windows from those disks prior to installing warp"  Sounds, fishy to me, but 
it is a thought.

Hope this helps

Jim
Jim Cassidy

Team OS/2

jimboc@primenet.com
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