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Re: OS/2 2.1 release reminders

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From: Mark Huth
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 07:04
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hayesb@yvax.byu.edu writes:

>In article <1993Jan27.183637.17319@cci632.cci.com>, rom@cci632.cci.com (Rudynell S. Millian) writes:
>> 
>> 	Last Spring, when OS/2 2.0 was released, IBM made two grave mistakes;
>> The general public couldn't get a hold of OS/2 2.0 through stores for weeks
>> after the official release date, and IBM did NOT include proper documentation
>> with the product.
>> 	When OS/2 2.1 is released this Spring, I hope the general public will
>> be able to go to their local software store and buy it, and I hope that when
>> these buyers open their OS/2 2.1 box, they will find, along with the disks or
>> CD, a single comprehensive document/user's guide for what they purchased. 
>> 
>> 		G E T  T H E  I D E A  I B M?!
>> 
>> R. Millian


>AMEN!!      

>Bryan

I don't want to eat up bandwidth...but this is perhaps the most important post 
I've seen related to the success of os/2!  Make upgrades available at the local
software store too!!!  Don't make me wait three months to get the upgrade to 2.1
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From: mhuth@hardy.u.washington.edu (Mark Huth)
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Subject: Re: OS/2 2.1 release reminders
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