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Re: DOS 5.0 Pricing Press Release

#2892
From: The owls are not what they seem....
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1991 04:42
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In article <ufmyg5qj4a@ads.com>, henry@ADS.COM (Henry Mensch) writes...
>mwilliams@misvax.mis.arizona.edu wrote: 
>->
>->Microsoft Announces MS-DOS 5 Upgrade  
>->
>->The price paid by the company is determined by multiplying the total number
>->of PCs at the participating addresses by the MS-DOS 5 Upgrade 100% Program
>->price offered by authorized resellers.  The suggested retail prices for the
>->program are as follows: 
>->     o    100-999 machines for $59 per machine;  
>->     o    1,000-4,999 machines for $44 per machine;  
>->     o    5,000 or more machines for $37 per machine. 
> 
>this is ridiculous ... individuals can buy the upgrade kit from
>EggHead Discount Software for $39 (they make you fill out a
>questionnaire for this price ... it has about ten questions on it.)
>if you don't fill out the q'aire then you pay $59.
> 

I don't writes 'em, I just posts 'em.  ;-)

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From: mwilliams@misvax.mis.arizona.edu (The owls are not what they seem...)
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Subject: Re: DOS 5.0 Pricing Press Release
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Date: 13 Jun 91 04:42:18 GMT
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