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From: ssircar@ecs.umass.edu (Good writers re-write -- not write!)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Ed version of PM 3.0 is a rip off!
Message-ID: <11308.273462bf@ecs.umass.edu>
Date: 4 Nov 90 18:49:35 GMT
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Last month, I foolishly bought the educational version of Aldus PageMagker 3.0.
The main difference between the educational version and the standard version is
that I'm not entitled to any upgrades.  No problem, I thought.  I'm buying a
program which wouldn't have any significant bugs.  WRONG!

Even though there's a Windows 3 logo on the box, PM 3.0 is not a true Windows 3
application.  The run-time module of Windows which the software came with is
2.x.  That should have told me something, but I still opened the "tag."  When I
run the software, Windows tells me that it's not a Windows 3 application and
recommends that I run Windows under real mode to correctly run the program.  I
found that the program doesn't work properly unless I'm in real mode.  Again, I
thought no problem since at that time, I was a novice to Windows 3.  My friend
tells me that under real mode, I'm only able to use conventional memory.  I
couldn't take advantage of my 2meg system.

When I went back to the university store, the salesperson told me that he knew
about the problem, but I can't return the software.  What crooks!  He said that
Aldus is planning to release an upgrade to "fix" the Windows 3 problem and will
check whether or not I can get that upgrade.  Three weeks later, I was told that
I was stuck with a turkey.

I'm posting this message to warn people to be wary when buying the educational
version of Aldus PageMaker 3.0.  PM 3.01 is supposed to have fixed the bug.
Be very wary about buying any educational versions.  Fortunately, Borland sells
their standard Turbo packages at quite a reasonable price for students.  Why
they too have educational packages is a mystery to me?
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 Santanu Sircar                                BITNET:   ssircar@umaecs.bitnet
 University of Massachusetts/Amherst           INTERNET: ssircar@ecs.umass.edu
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 "A pig ate his fill of acorns under an oak tree and then started to root
   around the tree.  A crow remarked, `You should not do this.  If you lay bare
   the roots, the tree will wither and die.' `Let it die,' said the pig.  `Who
   cares so long as there are acorns?'"	-"Animal Farm" by George Orwell
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