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Re: Ami Pro 3.0b is out...and free!

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From: David Shepherd
Date: Tue, 02 Aug 1994 15:22
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Tom Sorensen (sorensen@ulca60.residence.gatech.edu) wrote:

: Er, no. Ignoring the fact that there is no such beast as Ami Pro for Windows
: 3.0a (it's technically 3.01), I suspect that Lotus will be sending a full
: version again, as they did with 3.0a. Why? Dunno. Seems awfully
: counterproductive to me - it'd be cheaper for them to just ship patches,
: and then it could be uploaded to ftp sites, BBS's, etc.

??? there already was a problem with their 3.01 patch for windows in
that there had to be a seperate version for systems running OS/2 etc.
Perhaps they thought it was simpler for them to distribute the correct
code to people who needed it rather than end up with people trying to
apply OS/2 patches to windows code etc etc ???

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Subject: Re: Ami Pro 3.0b is out...and free!
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