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bonak@herky.cs.uiowa.edu (Esmail Bonakdarian) writes:

>I have an acquaintance who bought an IBM PS/1 (or 2, she's not quite sure). She
 >got MS Windows and MS Works bundled with the system.

 >The software was already installed and she also got the manuals - BUT she
 >didn't receive any distribution disks! I think this is very strange. When I got
 >MS Windows from Northgate they also sent me a set of diskettes. She  tried
 >unsuccessfully to contact IBM to see if she  should have gotten the diskettes.
 
 >Anyone out there bought a PS2 or PS1 and gotten diskettes for all of the 
 >installed software? What do you think about this practice of not providing 
 >the software on floppies? Seems strange to me.

I don't know about MS win and works but OS/2 bundled with their machines
doesn't come with disks either. You have to backup your HD, the very first
thing. Strange... How much can a company save on those disks?
BTW, what if the HD is crashed or the software gets corrupted before you
backup your HD. Do they send you a copy?