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From: plouff@levers.enet.dec.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: WB 1.3.2
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Date: 7 Sep 89 01:42:44 GMT
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Yeesh.  So many gripes!  Why don't we all agree that the license 
agreement will provide job security to some lawyer, and is pretty 
meaningless to the rest of us.  After all, what other computer you 
gonna run WB 1.3.2 on?  Maybe we should sic Jerry Pournelle on this
license...  ;-) ;-)

Commodore has actually done a Good Thing here, attempting electronic 
updates of the operating system _at all_.  Given the current hysteria 
over viruses and other software gremlins, the distribution policy seems 
prudent.  Of course, copies will make their way around through chains of 
trusted friends.

There are even other options:

1.  Remember that card that came in your Enhancer kit?  Fill it out, 
send $10 and your "defective" WB master disk back to Commodore, and get 
an upgrade.

2.  Buy a new Enhancer kit at your favorite software emporium.  Oops, 
the box is not marked any different from the original 1.3 kits.  And the 
one I bought a couple of weeks ago for my brother has a little sticker 
on the Workbench disk saying "vers. 1.3.1."

3.  Wait for the official announcement of the upgrade available through 
dealers.

Um, what's missing here is a coherent program, IMO.  Now that the cat is 
out of the electronic bag, let's hope that the more traditional 
distribution channels fall in line soon, and with some reasonable 
notification to us users.

Wes Plouff
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