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- From: ygoland@edison.seas.ucla.edu (The Jester)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
- Subject: Re: News on 2.1 Release
- Message-ID: <9195@lee.SEAS.UCLA.EDU>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 07:05:10 GMT
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- >Sheesh, who ever heard of a free upgrade!? That's like saying that if
- >you buy a new car, that you should be given subsequent models for *free*
- >because they are improvements on the old one. Blech.
- >IBM has put untold man-years of working in getting OS/2 2.1 ready for
- >release. I don't see why they should be expected to be doing this for
- >free.
-
- Thats it! I can't take this bullshit anymore!!! Let me make this as
- clear as humanly possible:
- 1.IBM has the right to charge whatever it damn well pleases
- for upgrades, software, WHATEVER! NO ONE IS ARGUING AGAINST
- that point!!!!!
-
- 2.IBM PROMISED THAT IT WOULD GIVE 2.1 TO ALL 2.0 USERS FOR
- FREE! LET ME REPEAT THAT:
-
- FFFFF RRRRR EEEEE EEEEE !
- F R R E E !
- FFF RRRRR EEE EEE !
- F R R E E !
- F R R EEEEE EEEEE *
-
- Thats right, FREE! GRATIS! NO CHARGE!! NO COST!!! THEY PROMISED
- THIS! I don't give a fuck if this is a good deal for IBM or not, I
- don't give a damn if this was a smart move on their part. The god
- damn bottom line for all you thick headed morons who seem completely
- incapable of understanding even the most fundamental concepts of
- offer and acceptance, is that IBM PROMISED TO GIVE IT TO ALL 2.0
- USERS FOR FREE! PERIOD! END OF DISCUSSION!!
-
- The Jester
-
- p.s. I am some what sorry for this heavy flame. But the sheer
- ignorance frequently displayed regarding IBM's obligations to
- legitimate os/2 v2.0 users was getting to be beyond the usual noise
- threshold expected of the average human.
- --
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