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Re: FS: Autocad 13, 3D Studio 4, and Others!!!!

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From: JimH
Date: Mon, 02 Sep 1996 00:00
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I operate AutoCad and in 1988 I watched AutoDesk walk into an engineering 
company with a U.S. Marshall and fine them $65.000 and then made them 
purchase 50 copies of Release 10 at $3000+.  They are very serious about
their product & their money. I don't think I would jack with them!


Robert Grandmaison wrote:

> 
> Martin Crane wrote:
> >
> > Autodesk has never let you upgrade a cheap program to a full blown
> > program before.  Any buyer beware, get his serial number and call
> > Autodesk.  They keep very good records.
> 
> BBBBBBBBBZZZZZZZZZZZ...Wrong!
> 
> As an AutoCAD instructor, I purchased an educational version of R12 that
> had a R13 migration path upward to a commercial version. My final outlay
> for the product was around $1600...much less than the $3000 street price
> for R13. My dealer tossed in AutoVision for free.
> 
> Of course, some might say the orignal statement still holds true. $1600
> isn't cheap- but it's better than $3000.
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From: JimH <jimh10@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: FS: Autocad 13, 3D Studio 4, and Others!!!!
Date: 1996/09/02
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