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From: cmcmanis@stpeter.Eng.Sun.COM (Chuck McManis)
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Subject: Re: Price of 2.0 upgrade
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Date: 6 Jul 90 20:35:21 GMT
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In article <45221160700991.30671.01> Eduard.Wilts writes:
[price rumor of $200 + deleted]
> ...  The price seems rather high, especially in light of the 
> previous upgrades (1.0 to 1.1 was free, 1.2 and 1.3 were quite 
> inexpensive (less than $70 combined), 1.3.2 was free).

I'm sure this will come up a _lot_ in the future since there is
literally no way that Commodore will be able to offer the 2.0 
upgrade for a comparable price to the 1.x upgrades. The point to
remember is that 2.0 is _very_ different than 1.X, while remaining
upwardly compatible. Parts of it (such as the ARexx interpreter, Fonts)
were purchased by Commodore from a third party and Commodore has
to recoup those costs somehow. Finally, the documentation required
for 2.0 is much higher since instead of just giving you another addendum
to your existing documentation, they needed to come up with a 
completely revised set. All of these combine to make it fundamentally
more expensive to produce than the 1.x upgrades. $200 sounds pretty
reasonable to me as a beta tester of 2.0. 


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