Jan Deboer wrote to MIKE RUSKAI on 10-22-1999

JD> That is what I preferred to do. If I used the (probably easier and
JD> less problematic) remote install offered from the IBM site, then, if
JD> at a later date I needed to re-install OS/2 for any reason, I would
JD> have to return to the site for another remote fixpak install, and it
JD> is my understanding that free access to fixpaks will end at
JD> year-end. So, I thought it preferable to have the disk images, and
JD> do my own fixpak install. 

'Free' fixpaks for Warp 3 ended a couple months back in the sense that
the latest ones are no longer free for Warp 3.  Fixpaks will still be
free after 1 Jan and all the current freebies - including fixes for
them - will still be free.  The Software Choice deal is not as big an
issue as some people make out since it's not the only source of IBM
freebies.

As for the RSU download, you have the option to retain the downloaded
zip images, the unzipped fix files, both, or none.  You don't lose the
fix files unless you want to.  And the fixpak is applied from files
loaded to your machine, not streamed from the net.

Will Honea 
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