Re: Changing Name Registration in Microsoft Products

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From: Gabe M Wiener
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1989 20:37

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In article <13779@netnews.upenn.edu> rubinoff@linc.cis.upenn.edu (Robert Rubinoff) writes:
>Why would anyone care if they spelled their name wrong?  All it does is
>sit on the screen for a second when the program starts up; it doesn't ever
>show up in anything permanent.

Because, gentle reader, it would get incredibly annoying to constantly see
your name spelled wrong every morning when starting up the program!


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From: gmw1@CUNIXD.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU (Gabe M Wiener)
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Subject: Re: Changing Name Registration in Microsoft Products
Summary: annoying to look at!
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Date: 18 Aug 89 20:37:43 GMT
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