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Re: Selling old version of software.

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From: George A. Theall
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1991 16:57
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In article <9792@sail.LABS.TEK.COM> toma@sail.LABS.TEK.COM (Tom Almy) writes:
>In article <1991Jun25.203743.27619@riacs.edu> endter@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (Bill Endter RCU/DEC) writes:
>> I think one of the reasons Borland allows it, is because they hope the 
>> person who gets the old software will want to upgrade to the latest version.
>
>That's what I thought. But we are still investigating.

   I wrote a letter to Borland about this in March. Since they
have yet to respond to it, I would appreciate hearing what your
investigating turns up. 

   Any chance sidney@borland.com might give something resembling 
Borland's official word on the matter? I wouldn't mind even 
*giving away* an old copy of Turbo C Pro.


George
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From: theall@rm105serve.sas.upenn.edu (George A. Theall)
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Subject: Re: Selling old version of software.
Summary: What's the official word from Borland?
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Date: 26 Jun 91 16:57:05 GMT
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