Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!crackers!transfer!lectroid!angmar.sw.stratus.com!jmann From: jmann@angmar.sw.stratus.com (Jim Mann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: How to get Improv... Keywords: improv free copy Message-ID: <3540@lectroid.sw.stratus.com> Date: 20 Dec 90 19:56:39 GMT References: <1033@tokio.cs.utexas.edu> <1990Dec19.175321.13013@pyro.ei.dupont.com> Sender: usenet@lectroid.sw.stratus.com Reply-To: jmann@angmar.sw.stratus.com (Jim Mann) Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc. Lines: 19 In article <1990Dec19.175321.13013@pyro.ei.dupont.com>, bell@pyro.ei.dupont.com (Mike Bell) writes: |> Yes..I am kind of bummed about this too. A year or so ago, the optical |>drive was used as a key selling point of the machine. Now I guess that it is |>seen as a mistake, and I have to go buy a floppy drive if I want to use |>any new commercial software...including the "free" copy of Mathematica that |>isn't done yet. NeXT includes a note with the upgrade kit saying that it would |>be sent out on FLOPPY when it is done. Sigh. |> I don't think it is viewed as a mistake in all respects. In fact, in most ways it is a great idea. It is just a bad way to distribute software. 256 M and $100 is just overkill when you have a meg or two of files to give/get. Jim Mann Stratus Computer jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com