hv@uwasa.fi (Harri Valkama LAKE) (03/25/90)
Thank you, Apple for letting us ftp your latest System Software. IBM and Microsoft: how about do the same thing with your OSs???? I like to see OS/2 for free!! Not to pay for it a small fortune. DiskCopy is great. And I like Oscar, too. Keep up the good work with apple.apple.com ftp site. I've been happy to notice your support for Apple users in late months. Thanks. -- ----------------Harri Valkama (hv@uwasa.fi)---------------- University of Vaasa, Finland ftp site (128.214.12.3) PC & Mac directories ftp site (128.214.6.100) Atari ST directory
jmerrill@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Confusion Reigns) (03/28/90)
In article <1990Mar25.125336.8932@uwasa.fi> hv@uwasa.fi (Harri Valkama LAKE) writes: >Thank you, Apple for letting us ftp your latest System >Software. IBM and Microsoft: how about do the same thing >with your OSs???? I like to see OS/2 for free!! Not to >pay for it a small fortune. I can't see Microsoft giving away OS/2. I wouldn't ASK them to. They have put a LOT of work into that package, and deserve to be paid for it. Now, upgrades, on the other hand... -- Jason Merrill jmerrill@jarthur.claremont.edu DISCLAIMER: Me? Work for Microsoft? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...
jmann@bigbootay.sw.stratus.com (Jim Mann) (03/29/90)
Apple is in a better position to give away their OS than IBM or Microsoft. If you are using the Mac OS, you own a MAC, thus Apple has made some money from you. You are a customer and it is reasonable for them to give you the latest release. If you want a copy of MS-DOS, however, you may never have purchased anything from Microsoft. You may have just picked up a PC Clone (without DOS) and want to pick up the latest DOS as a freebie. Why should Microsoft give it away. (On the other hand, I wish they would make it easier/cheaper for current registered owners to pick up new releases.) Jim