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From: aaron@jessica.stanford.edu (Aaron Wallace)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Ed version of PM 3.0 is a rip off!
Message-ID: <1990Nov5.210100.27530@portia.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 5 Nov 90 21:01:00 GMT
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In article <11308.273462bf@ecs.umass.edu> ssircar@ecs.umass.edu (Good writers re-write -- not write!) writes:
>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.

Now waittaminute.  I've seen and used the Educational version of PageMaker/
Windows and it works fine under Win 3--all modes as far as I can tell.  The
packaging inside is a bit misleading, though--you get a bunch of 2.xx disks
and a few more "Win 3 upgrade disks".  Almost everything is Win3 compatible, 
except for some antedeluvian conversion routines.  The help is also still
Win 2-based.  But it is a "Win 3" protected-mode application...

>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?

I hate it (this isn't at all the only offense) when people generalize.  Most
companies have very good educational programs, including full update priv-
ledges...

Aaron Wallace