mlevy@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Michael Levy) (04/13/91)
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? Thanks, Michael Levy Department of Computer Science and Systems McMaster University
jstern@orion.oac.uci.edu (Jeff Stern) (04/14/91)
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. ------------------------->jstern@orion.oac.uci.edu<-------------------------
shawn@jpradley.jpr.com (Shawn Blair) (04/19/91)
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? > Reasons for paying the $35 would include inability to uucp all the software from mwcbbs to your own machine, lack of access to the ftp sites, general laziness (no critisism there :>). I think the real deal is the $39 driver developer package. _______________________________________________________________________________ -- Shawn R. Blair ~ shawn@jpr.com -- -- --