Re: BOOK: OS/2 Warp Unleashed, 4th Edition

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From: ANDREW GRYGUS
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 1997 00:00

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In <332B6732.2DEB@ix.netcom.com> Jeff Shultz <jbshutlz@ix.netcom.com>
writes: 
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>> 
>> How many top selling books are there about toasters?  None, toasters
>> work.
> 
>My father still thinks it's hilarious that the package "First Aid 97"
>exists... and even funnier that people would buy software that
>required it to run properly.

Funnier still is that, in dealer trade rags that list "best selling
software", First Aid 97 usually appears as the next package down from
Win95 itself.  There are usually a couple of other "fixit" programs
within the top listings.  

Andrew Grygus  -  California Republic
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Resist Microsoft!

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From: aax@ix.netcom.com(ANDREW GRYGUS )
Subject: Re: BOOK: OS/2 Warp Unleashed, 4th Edition
Date: 1997/03/16
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