Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!ucsd!ogicse!milton!blake.u.washington.edu!dlarson From: dlarson@blake.u.washington.edu (Dale Larson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: MANX 5.0d update, How much $$$?? Keywords: manx Message-ID: <8598@milton.u.washington.edu> Date: 4 Oct 90 19:34:31 GMT References: <8457@milton.u.washington.edu> <4@oregon.oacis.org> Sender: news@milton.u.washington.edu Distribution: comp Organization: The Evergreen State College, WA Lines: 24 In article <4@oregon.oacis.org> jmeissen@oregon.oacis.org (Staff OACIS) writes: >I don't know where you get the $75 figure from. To upgrade from the previous >version to V5.10 of SAS/C (Lattice) is $40. And I believe that includes UPS >ground shipping. > >$15 for a minor version change & 3 disks vs $40 for a major version change >& 6 disks.... Please see my later article in which I appologize for getting the price wrong. Also please note that the 3 Manx disks are compressed (zoo). If you read my earlier article anouncing the release of Manx5.0d, you will see that they've done quite a bit, though most of it is fixes for 2.0. Manx choose not to bump a major revision for bug fixes, 2.0 compatibility fixes and 2.0 includes. Lattice did choose to call 5.1 a major revision. Did they add anything very significant other than 2.0 support? Unless they did, then it's just a case of what one considers major. Certainly how the compiler makers choose to number their releases shouldn't sway someone comparing the two! Boy is it hard to give unbiased info about products one has made purchase decisions for. Still, I try... -- -Dale Larson (dlarson@blake.u.washington.edu)