Re: "OS/2 for Windows" [Was: OS/2 OR WINDOWS?]

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From: Ben Aveling
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 1994 06:11

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Ian Staples (ianst@qdpii.ind.dpi.qld.gov.au) wrote:
: kennyc@cbnews.cb.att.com (kenneth.r.crudup) writes:
: >mszabo@condor.mcs.kent.edu (Michael Szabo) writes:
: >>By the way...  how much does OS/2 2.1 COST?


: Until the end of Feb "OS/2 for Windows" is available here for AUD59.00,
: which is pretty near an exact conversion from your USD39.00 on current
: exchange rates.  But it's not clear in the ads I've seen whether this is
:just for the CD - I had assumed it was for disks (don't have a CDROM drive :-(

That's the price for 3 1/2 (lots and lots and lots of them!) 
- can't speak for CD. The reason for the price drop is (as I understand
thigns)  that by not including some windozes stuff they don't have to
pay microslop commision, saving them and you money.

	Ben
-- 
Just my $0.20. Go on, flame me.  At least I'll know you've read this far.
        Ben  (-: bena@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au :-)  
		 ( I also take questions on Moldflow software )

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