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From: jstern@orion.oac.uci.edu (Jeff Stern)
Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent
Subject: Re: To buy or not to buy?
Message-ID: <28080D3B.16162@orion.oac.uci.edu>
Date: 14 Apr 91 08:05:15 GMT
References: <28060B2B.20860@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca>
Organization: University of California, Irvine
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In article <28060B2B.20860@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> mlevy@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Michael Levy) writes:
>Hi there,
>	I received from coherent a brochure to buy 6Mbytes of Coherent
>Compatible software that has been pulled of the MWC BBS. They want $40 for
>it. Does anyone know whether you get "better" documentation or if there are
>any other reasons to purchase the software instead of downloading them from
>an FTP site. My guess is that they are making it cheaper for users with a modem
>to get a hold of the software. Any comments?

I've got Coherent.  They just give you a list of the files with one-sentence 
descriptions of each.  No advantage, except phone bills...

--Jeff.
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