From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: Announcement about IBM development tools found on CompuServe
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 22:33:34 GMT

In article <1992Sep3.160654.9970@hellgate.utah.edu> brian%jaguar.cs.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Brian Sturgill) writes:
>FOLLOWUPS REDIRECTED TO c.o.o.a ONLY, PLEASE LEAVE IT THAT WAY
>The following is part of a notice I just found on CompuServe
>(I was trying to figure out how to make OS/2 reboot from a commandline
>program #@*@#*$ OS. [If you know how, e-mail me.])
>Anyway I was shocked to find that they seem to be going back to
>charging $895 for WorkSet/2.  (I mean WorkSet/2 is barely worth the $295!)
>I can only hope that revision Ian Ameline has talked about is coming soon!
>This policy is so insane!  MS is practically giving away its SDK and IBM
>charges 3 times or more what their's is worth!
>BTW, all those that told me IBM technical docs were $240 list... you were
>wrong... see below.
>Anyway, if you've been putting off doing it, better act now.

The present promotion will indeed expire at the end of this week, as
is pointed out by the announcement.

However, there is nothing in the announcement precluding any one of
the following:

(a) Extension of the promotion under the same pricing and terms;
(b) Extension of the promotion under slightly less attractive pricing
[as was done with OS/2 itself, which went from $49 to $79 for a
Windows upgrade, stayed at $99 for a DOS upgrade, and went from $139
to $149 for a straight up purchase];
(c) Extension of the promotion with more attractive pricing [as
happened, in a sense, with OS/2 itself, when IBM introduced Windows
upgrade pricing with the 2.0 rollout, a special pricing which did not
exist with 1.3];
(d) No extension of the promotion.

>> New Notices
>> TIME IS RUNNING OUT !!!
>> IBM's C Developer's Discount Promotion will expire after this week.
>> With this promotion you can get IBM's Workset/2 programming tools for
>> $295.00 ($600.00 dollars off the list price of $895).
>> Workset/2 includes:
>...
>> IBM OS/2(R) Version 2.0 Technical Library   $239.00 - a $60.00
>> savings IBM CUA (TM) Controls Library               $357.00 - a
>> $238.00 savings

That's the price, yes, $239 for the Technical Library.  That is the
list price (until the end of this week, when the list price may
change).  Dealers are free to charge less than this price.

The list price is the price IBM (or any other manufacturer) lists.
OS/2 2.0 lists for $149.  You can get it for less (e.g. Programmer's
Shop, $139), but IBM itself sells it for that price (even less if
upgrading).

However, who cares about list prices?  The street price is what
matters.

>> Place your order on or before  this Friday.  If you wish to use a
>> credit card, call (800) 342-6672 before 9.00 PM (EDT).   For purchase
>> ORDERS, CALL (800) IBM-CALL.

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