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Article #17210Re: Which WARP to buy??
From: Robert P. Bainbridge
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 1995 00:00
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 1995 00:00
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In a previous article, wes@prozac.student.cwru.edu (Wes Brown) says:
>I went to the store today to buy WARP. Thinking there were just two copies
>like there was for 2.1, I looked through the selection. I found to my
>surprize FOUR different types of installation.
>
>Upgrade edition for Users of 2.1 {this on I could figure out}
>Uses Your existing Dos and Windows {I think this is like OS/2 for Windows?}
>Enhances Your existing Dos and Windows {Not a clue what this one is.}
>Includes Dos and Windows Application Support {Again I do not know}
>
>I already know I will buy this on CD-ROM. I just could not figure out
>which one to by. There was a range of prices ($79-$129).
>
>Could someone explain to me the last three from the list?
>
>Wes
>---
>Wes Brown wes@prozac.student.cwru.edu
>ewb4@po.cwru.edu
>http://prozac.cwru.edu/wes/About.me.html
>KB8TGR
>
Basically there are two versions of Warp. The first version was the Warp
for Windows, which uses your existing Windows software. It is an upgrade
for OS/2 for Windows and can be installed over that partition to pickup
the current desktop. The later version that shipped was Warp Fullpak,
which includes WINOS2 and doesn't use your existing Windows software. It
is an upgrade for OS/2 2.11 and can be installed over that version to
pickup the current desktop. The full versions of those two packages will
install on a clean freshly formatted drive. The UPGRADE versions of the
packages, which are cheaper, have a built-in "Sniffer" that checks the
drive for a previous version of OS/2. If it doesn't find one it won't
install. Bill Gates gets a royalty for every copy of the Fullpak version
sold and clicks his "Number of Windows Sold" counter by one. He doesn't
get anything for the Warp for Windows so IBM can sell it cheaper.
Bob Bainbridge <Team OS/2>
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1044c2,c39ab16b07e2e80b X-Google-Attributes: gid1044c2,public X-Google-Thread: 131a1d,c39ab16b07e2e80b X-Google-Attributes: gid131a1d,public X-Google-Thread: 10cd94,c39ab16b07e2e80b X-Google-Attributes: gid10cd94,public X-Google-Thread: 107fbf,c39ab16b07e2e80b X-Google-Attributes: gid107fbf,public From: ag307@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Robert P. Bainbridge) Subject: Re: Which WARP to buy?? Date: 1995/03/29 Message-ID: <3lcfd8$npp@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> X-Deja-AN: 100530964 references: <3l4qqc$dsn@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA) reply-to: ag307@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Robert P. Bainbridge) newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.setup,freenet.sci.comp.ibmpc.os2,bit.listserv.os2-l