Re: Microsoft

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From: Thunder
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 1995 09:10

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In <43b224$llp@cdn_mail.dn.itg.telecom.com.au>, tbarham@vcrpmap.telecom.com.au (Tim Barham) writes:
>In article <1995Sep13.191421.10924@scala.scala.com>,
>   dave.haynie@scala.com (Dave Haynie) wrote:
>
>> In <42qjqj$kbc@news-2.csn.net>, dhg@goodco.com (David H. Goodlette)
>> writes:
>>
>> > Tonio Loewald (tonio@jolt.mpx.com.au) wrote:
>> >
>> > > and a fair bit on after sales support, etc. The big money will be in
>> > > selling Office 95 and replacements for all the other things that
>> >           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> > > won't work quite right until you upgrade.
>>
>> Sure. Microsoft plans it that way, and uses existing upgrades and new
>> systems as a lever to force more upgrades, in business at least. So
>> here I am, let's say I put Windows 95 on my system. Now, strangely
>> enough, Word for Windows 3.1 is acting flakey (ok, flakier than
>> normal).
>
>Hmmm, Dave, are you talking from experience here? I don't think so. For the 
>months that I have been using Win95, I've not had a single problem with any 
>Microsoft product - Word, Excel etc (non Windows 95 versions) all work 
>fine.

Well, actually, if you want some examples, Adobe Photoshop 3.0 doesn't work 
correctly under Win95 and neither does the Win3.1 version of MS Money.  Sorry
to bust your bubble....

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Date: 17 Sep 1995 09:10:36 GMT
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