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From: efrethei@afit.af.mil (Erik J. Fretheim)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.os2.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Windowing environments
Message-ID: <1991Apr16.153129.26239@afit.af.mil>
Date: 16 Apr 91 15:31:29 GMT
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eagle@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Daniel L'Hommedieu) writes:

>daneman@czech.sw.mcc.com (Michael Daneman) writes:

>OS/2 is cheaper for students than the DOS 4.01/Windows 3.0 combination
>(that's educational discounts); I don't know about regular prices.  Here
>are some numbers: OS/2 1.2 Standard Edition $153.00.  DOS 4.0 $115,
>Windows 3.0 $100.  Add the $115 and $100 and get $215.  OS/2 is much
>cheaper than Windows 3.0/DOS 4.0 combination.

>> 2) Not very well supported right now.  
Well, for those of us who are non-students the DOS 4.01/Windows 3.0 is
a whole lot cheaper than OS/2.  DOS 4.0 can be had for $45, windows 3.0
can be had for $89  that is $134 for the whole set up.  Besides, most of
us got DOS free with our system and DOS 3.4 is better than 4.01 anyway
(just to start another religious war).  Seems your students are being 
soaked.   Even Windows 3.0 can be had for free, a friend just got
it bundled with his mouse.  (and got a good price on the mouse).
I'm sure OS/2 is a good operating system, but I've seen noithing to convince
me that it is worth the money I would have to get to buy a copy.


ejf

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