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- From: berger@gauss (Mike Berger)
- Subject: Re: OS/2 2.1 beta to be released 12-28 to EVERYONE!!
- References: <1qk9VB3w165w@tcscs.UUCP> <1992Dec23.162738.1224@wraxall.inmos.co.uk>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 23:11:34 GMT
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- des@inmos.co.uk (David Shepherd) writes:
- >Gregory Youngblood (tcscs!zeta@src.honeywell.com) wrote:
- >: rvaniwaa@copper.denver.colorado.edu (Ronald J. Vaniwaarden) writes:
-
- >: I HOPE the 2.1 BETA will be available in 3.5 inch images because I don't have
- >: a CD ROM yet. All these new things are great but I can't get it because I
- >: dont have a CD ROM?
- >: IBM is going disillusion more people with OS/2 if they only make this on CD
- >: ROM.
-
- >the key word here is "beta". IBM seem to be following microsofts lead
- >in producing beta releases on CD. why? because (i) they want to be able
- >to get out betas quickly and cheaply and i'm sure that a run of a
- >couple of thousand cds is cheaper and quicker to produce and distribute
- *----
- As a matter of fact, 10,000 copies of the October beta release were
- made available for free on floppy disk. I understand they were gone
- the first day they were offered.
- $ 15 for the CD is very reasonable. I'm sure you can find somebody
- to make disk images for you for a nominal fee.
- --
- Mike Berger
- Internet berger@atropa.stat.uiuc.edu
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