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From: mcadoo		@ijsapl.dec.com (Alan McAdoo)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Excessive Corel-Draw Upgrade Price
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Date: 28 Aug 90 14:50:03 GMT
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Dear Windows-3 Drawers,

"BEWARE COREL DRAW. Very Expensive Upgrade".

I was a happy user of Corel-Draw v1.1 but I was told that I needed to upgrade 
to Corel-Draw version 1.2 to use Windows-3.

Even though there is minimum added functionality in this upgrade, apart from 
being compatible with windows-3, I was quoted a price of $859 including tax for 
this upgrade by 'Software Solutions Benelux' the Dutch Importer. This includes 
the actual upgrade fee plus a Penalty Fee, because I originally purchased 
Corel-Draw in the USA via mail-order (before Software Solutions had the 
Importer-ship).

As the current USA mail-order price is around $330, I think Corel-Draw are 
charging restrictive prices for their proprietary software. I will now consider 
purchasing another Presentation-Graphics package for windows, as I do not 
support this type of 'monopoly' policy. 

Reading in Byte Reviews, other packages equally as good, are :- 
Micrografx/Designer-3, Harvard Graphics, Microsoft/Powerpoint.

Have other companies charged such ridiculous upgrade fees ?

ps. DO NOT BUY COREL_DRAW unless you want to continually pay exorbitant prices.

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"The opinions expressed here in no way represent the views of Digital
 Equipment Corporation."

Alan McAdoo                     Internet: mcadoo@ijsapl.enet.dec.com
Digital Equipment Corp.         UUCP:   ...decwrl!ijsapl.enet!mcadoo
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