Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!cunixf.cc.columbia.edu!cunixb.cc.columbia.edu!es1 From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Price of 2.0 upgrade Message-ID: <1990Jul6.232726.18463@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Date: 6 Jul 90 23:27:26 GMT References: <45221160700991.30671.01> <138486@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Sender: news@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (The Daily News) Reply-To: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) Organization: Columbia University Lines: 41 In article <138486@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> cmcmanis@stpeter.Eng.Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) writes: > >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. > I don't think it is possible that they could charge $200. They probably won't recoup their costs from sales of 2.0, but rather (hopefully) from more Amigas sold BECAUSE of 2.0. It is definitely in Commodore's best interest to get as many people to move up to 2.0 as possible. If many people don't (like 80% wouldn't at $200) the O/S will not be a viable entity. Most likely, it'll be $75 or so. Don't forget that Apple gives upgrades for around that price as well. > >-- >--Chuck McManis Sun Microsystems >uucp: {anywhere}!sun!cmcmanis BIX: Internet: cmcmanis@Eng.Sun.COM >These opinions are my own and no one elses, but you knew that didn't you. >"I tell you this parrot is bleeding deceased!" -- Ethan Ethan Solomita: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu "If Commodore had to market sushi they'd call it `raw cold fish'" -- The Bandito, inevitably stolen from someone else