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From: rca@cs.brown.edu (Ronald C.F. Antony)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: 105 Mb Systems - Bundled Software (explained?)
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Date: 20 Oct 90 00:08:50 GMT
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In article <9010190407.AA06996@next-5.gac.edu> scott@NIC.GAC.EDU writes:
>dave@convex.csd.uwm.edu (David A Rasmussen) writes:
>>From article <12630816173032@osu-20.ircc.ohio-state.edu>, by GINGRICH-T@osu-20.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Tyler S Gingrich):
>>  PS: Even though the extended software is not included with a small
>>  drive system, I believe that once you buy a NeXT you have rights to all
>>  bundled software.
>>
>Current users of 1.0 who stay with an '030 cube (both of them) must
>purchase an upgrade to 2.0, which, so far as I know, has not been
>set, yet.  After purchasing this, they are licensed to run 2.0.

I see a little problem here: The upgrade costs 195$. Included in this
price is an OD that costs 145$, keyboard tilt-feet, manuals.
Subtracting alls the costs from the upgrade price does not leave much
room for license fees. This seems to suggest that if you don't want
the tilt feet, the OD or the manuals, then you should be allowed to
get 2.0 from your friendly neighbour. Could NeXT comment on this?
Yes, I'll get my upgrade anyway, I want to have a clean distribution
on a OD...

>So, this means that anyone who chooses to stay with an '030 must
>purchase an upgraded license, while everyone else gets it with their
>new machine or '040 upgrade.

No, the board upgrade and the OS upgrade are different order number
and are not bundled together. What about buying several boards and
only one software upgrade?

Ronald
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