Re: Microsoft Bashing (Was: Re: News from Microsoft)

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From: Howard Shubs
Date: Fri, 03 Apr 1992 01:32

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In article <1992Mar31.213207.12639@ultra.com> stcroix@ultra.com (Bill St. Croix) writes:
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>In case you haven't heard....$99 to upgrade from Excel 3.0 to 4.0.  What
>a great scam...get a good share of the market and then dollar your users
>to death once a year.

So you feel that they shouldn't make a good profit on their work in
upgrading a product?
 
 
>My personal favorite is the *personalization* of the original floppies...
>one of the WORST "features" anyone has ever implemented for any reason.

You mean you actually _use_ the original floppies for installation??!?


            Shaking head in amazement...

-- 
Howard S Shubs      hshubs@eff.org      I don't represent the EFF,
The Denim Adept     hshubs@BIX.com      but I do agree with them.

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Subject: Re: Microsoft Bashing (Was: Re: News from Microsoft)
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