Re: missing MS-DOS manual != pirated software

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From: Dave Laird
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 15:27

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jenk@microsoft.com (Jen Kilmer) writes:
> 
> The following is to the best of my knowledge as a member (or,
> corporate drone/dweeb) in the MS-DOS product group and former
> MS-DOS/Windows support dweeb. But I ain't officially speaking for
> microsoft and if they changed this policy last Tuesday I wasn't
> notified <grin>. And this certainly doesn't say anything about 
> other OS manufacturer's policies.
> 
Jen,
You forgot we "absent-minded" types who, regardless of the fact that we 
purchased a valid copy of MS-DOS, couldn't find the documentation six 
minutes after we installed the disks. Twenty minutes later, we couldn't 
find the disks. 
Besides, who needs documentation anyway? <grin>

Dave

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