Re: OS/2 Warp 5

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From: Terry
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1997 00:00

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In article <664nrq$7i$1@excalibur.flash.net>, mscooper@flash.REMOVE.net 
says...
> >Mostly correct - only oem's are allowed to buy the software.  Even then,
> >they are only allowed to sell it installed on a system.  Most which
> >appears at computer shows, of the oem version, is probably pirated,
> >especially when you see prices under $90, which is about what oem's pay in
> >small quanities.  I've seen it at shows for $55.00.  I know its piriated
> >from somebody, because even myself as an oem, can't purchase it at that
> >price.
> 
> 
> Hey....
> 
> You're the person to ask then....
> 
> If someone comes in and asks you to sell him a system without any OS on it,
> do you charge them the same price as if it had Win95 on it?  And does M$
> make you install the software whether the buyer wants it or not?

MS can't "make" you have their OS on the system, they do however pay most 
of the distributer out there to install it. So basically why is the 
distrubuter going to offer you a choice between OS/2 and 95, when MS will 
pay them if 95 ends up the system, but IBM won't if OS/2 does. It is all 
a matter of money.

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From: terry@gargoyle.apana.org.au (Terry )
Subject: Re: OS/2 Warp 5
Date: 1997/12/04
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