From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Apr 21 10:11:45 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from clever.visp-europe.psi.com (clever.visp-europe.psi.com [212.222.105.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01A9537BA7F for ; Fri, 21 Apr 2000 10:11:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jn@snafu.de) Received: from mail.snafu.de ([10.1.0.4] helo=Debug) by clever.visp-europe.psi.com with smtp (Exim 3.13 #4) id 12igxx-0005bi-00; Fri, 21 Apr 2000 19:11:41 +0200 To: J McKitrick , chat@FreeBSD.ORG, info@web1.CDROM.COM Cc: jnickelsen@acm.org From: jn@snafu.de X-Sender: jn@snafu.de Subject: Re: Applix updates Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 19:11:41 MET X-Mailer: Endymion MailMan Standard Edition v3.0.20 Message-Id: Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Jonathon McKitrick wrote on (for instance) freebsd-chat: > I saw a box on the table from WalnutCreek. I thought maybe somehow i had > accidentally received a 4.0 cdrom. But when i opened it, i saw an > Applixware cd. I read the note that came with it: According to their > records, i had purchased applixware recently, and this update would replace > the cdrom i have. It contains several bug fixes and apparently enough > changes to warrant an update. > > What a surprise! If this had been microsoft, i would have expected a year > of advertising, an upgrade charge of about 75% of the original price, and > nothing but bug fixes, which should be free anyway! About the same happened to me, except that I haven't yet received the CDs, but I have received an "order confirmation". It was about an order I had never placed. I found that extremely puzzling at first, but when I saw it that the price was 0.00 US$, and that it was about an Applix CD without printed manuals, I could imagine what had happened. Yes, really a *good thing*! And definitely nothing I'd expect from the "market leader." Greetings, -- Juergen Nickelsen To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message