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In article <1992Jul29.154428.12738@njitgw.njit.edu>, dic5340@hertz.njit.edu
(David Charlap) wrote:
> 
> In article <1992Jul28.021436.2865@hellgate.utah.edu> brian%jensen.cs.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Brian Sturgill) writes:
> >Why does IBM charge so much for the hardcopy manual set?
> 
> Perhaps because it consists of 17 large volumes?
> 

Fine.  Then do what MS did with NT and put the manuals on-line on a CD. 
Allow people to buy the manuals separately.  This will bring down the price
to a more reasonable level.  I would love to develop code for OS/2 but
since the money would be out of my own pocket, I am waiting until Borland
release their complier.

> >How can anyone possibly justify a >$800 price tag?
> 
> Right now, it's only ~$300.  I'd be shocked if dealers didn't discount
> it to about $600 or less.  $800 will be a list price.

Since MS is giving the NT CD's for $69, ~$300 is a bit high.  IBM needs to
get software out for OS/2.  Sure they have "convinced" the big companies to
release OS/2 products (supposedly they funded the development effort) but
they really haven't done much for the small developers.

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