Hi Gilles :)
   You are correct... the upgrade for the product was free.... and as the letter
from HP pointed out ( I got it back around '94 I think?) the cost to upgrade
after the 'Special Free Upgrade' expired would more than equal the software
support upgrade costs!

   IIRC, my 957 would have cost quite a few thousands of dollars to buy
IMAGE/SQL if I hadn't taken the free upgrade... but the software support
increases only cost that site about $5,000 for the next few years (we figured we
would be using it within 3 years :) )

Art "I didn't want to be 'Penny Wise and Pound Foolish' hehe " Bahrs

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>From: Gilles Schipper <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: data extraction tool for TurboImage
>Date: Tue, 27 Jul, 1999, 14:06
>

> >>>>>> SNIP! <<<<<<

> Again, AFAIR, a few years back, existing HP3000 users were offered an
> option to "upgrade" to IMAGE/SQL free of charge. However that "free"
> upgrade was accompanied with a software support cost increase that varied
> according to tier of HP3000. The higher tiers payed a significant increase.
>
>
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