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Article #368Re: MSDOS 5.01
From: Rich Chong
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 05:43
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 05:43
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>I have just heard from a friend that MS-DOS 5.01 is out in beta and >will be forthcoming! Has anybody heard anything about this purported >upgrade and exactly what is Microsoft promising this time around? > >Also, I have heard, again from the same friend, that Norton Utilities >has had a maintenance update to 6.02. Now, again, what is ole >Peter Norton have for us in store now? > >Any information about his would be great. > No specific info, but perhaps MS & PN figured that if they can sucker so many people into paying $$ for long overdue fixes, minor upgrades, and renaming the UAE; that they could possibly do the same with some of their other products. For a +0.1 level upgrade they got tons of moola, so now they want to see how many long standing customers will fork out more for a +0.01 upgrade (like they plan on there being a MS-DOS 5.99)? ;-) rc
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