Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 10:50:35 -0500 (EST)
From: Gary Welles <GWELLES/0001178863 AT MCIMAIL DOT COM>
Subject: Re: JP Software 4DOS 7.50 released on 2003-02-24
To: opendos <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Message-id: <03022615503106/0001178863DP1EM@mcimail.com>
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Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com

Matthias wrote:

> The bad news is, that unless they see some significant sales
> of 4DOS . . . this might be /the/ (or one of the very) last
> version(s) of 4DOS, . . .

That's not likely to happen as most purchases of 4DOS are
masked as sales of their CD Suite:

     | New Copies and Product Packs
     | ___ 4DOS ($69.95) ..........................
     | ___ 4NT ($69.95) ...........................
     | ___ Take Command ($69.95) ..................
     | ___ CD Suite (all three products, $99.95) ..

Even if you ask only about 4DOS they push the CD Suite:

> > How much to upgrade this:
> >
> > +-----------------------------
> > | 4DOS 7.01A   Novell DOS 7.00
> > | 4DOS Revision A (54)
> > | 4DOS, S/N nnnnnn.
> > | Licensed to Gary R. Welles for use on up to 2 computers.
> > +---------------------------------------------------------
>
> $45 for 4DOS (or $69 for the CD Suite).

Those who see 4DOS as a necessity and only might have a use
for the Windows products are viewed by JP Software as (or
soon to be) Windows/NT/2K/XP users.

It might be better if they sold 4DOS to a company like
DeviceLogics in order to better attend to Windows products.

-- Gary Welles