stovsky@ketch.cis.ohio-state.edu (Stovsky) (06/08/89)
I recently received my Word 4.0 upgrade. In the packet, there was a coupon for an "educational" copy of SuperPaint 2.0 for $50. I have a couple of questions regarding this offer. First, is there any difference between the educational version and the commercially available (i.e. full priced) verison? Second, does this offer include the manual, or is Silicon Beach pulling the same stunt as Microsoft (your "free" upgrade comes with no documentation. Oh, you want to know how to use it? For only $40 we'll sell you a manual!!) Basically, if the program is the same as the commercial version & comes with documentation I am interested in purchasing it. However, if it is going to cost me $75+ dollars, I think I will invest in Canvas. From what I have read Canvas is superior (but of course a bit more expensive than the special offer via Microsoft.) By the by, I recently purchased "Word 4 Companion" by the Cobb group to solve the lack of documentation problem for Word. It's only $22.95 and COMES WITH A MONEY BACK GUANRANTEE!! It is 800 some odd pages long & seems very complete. I never heard of a manual with that kind of publisher confidence before. Hopefully, this will be a trend setting policy. Thanks for any light you can shed on this mystery! Mike (stovsky@cis.ohio-state.edu)
jhc@vax5.CIT.CORNELL.EDU (06/09/89)
In article <51481@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> <stovsky@cis.ohio-state.edu> writes: >I recently received my Word 4.0 upgrade. In the packet, there was a >coupon for an "educational" copy of SuperPaint 2.0 for $50. I have a couple >of questions regarding this offer. > >First, is there any difference between the educational version and the >commercially available (i.e. full priced) verison? > >Second, does this offer include the manual, or is Silicon Beach pulling the >same stunt as Microsoft (your "free" upgrade comes with no documentation. Oh, >you want to know how to use it? For only $40 we'll sell you a manual!!) >[etc.] I believe that the upgrade coupon for SuperPaint2 that I got with my commercial Word4 upgrade is also for $50. I'd therefore assume that Silicon Beach will send you the full package. As a disclaimer, I'm doing this from memory, and might be off a bit, but it was a 2 digit sum, and $50 sounds right. Also, I suppose it would be _possible_ (as opposed to likely) that a company would send the full product to one group and a partial product to the "educational" group for the same price; though I really doubt that SB would do this. -JimC -- James H. Cloos, Jr. "Entropy isn't what it used to be." jhc@Crnlvax5.BITNET --c/o Fortune @ batcomputer.UUCP jhc@Vax5.CIT.Cornell.EDU #include <std_disclaimers.h> cornell!vax1!vax5.cit.cornell.edu!jhc@rochester.UUCP B-7 Upson Hall, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY 14853 +1 607 272 4519