[comp.sys.ibm.pc] MKS Pricing for OS/2 versions

artk@congrunt.uunet.uu.net (Art Kreitman @ Congruent) (10/13/89)

    I recently looked into upgrading my mks development stuff (mks toolkit,
rcs and make) to OS/2.  What I found out is that MKS looks at it as a separate
purchase and I that the OS/2 versions cost twice the DOS versions (a heafty 
sum, considering that, in most cases, the work consists of changing a library
and running a make).  Aldus is offering a PM version of Pagemaker for a $100.
upgrade, and MicroSoft is offering a PM version of EXCEL for a $50. upgrade.
I'd like to hear someone from MKS justify attempting this sort of ripoff.

Art Kreitman