Re: Windows 95 testing halted at Motorola

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From: Brandon Hines
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 1995 21:32

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porter@mu.enet.dec.com (dave porter) wrote:

>In <4006km$4os@questor.org>, sp@questor.org wrote about the Win95
> registration wizard.


>Once, I bought something from Microsoft by mail order.

>They sold my name on some list and now I get all sorts
>of crap in the mail that I don't want.  Worse, there's
>a credit bureau file with my name on it.

>How dare they do this?

>---

>Yes, this is supposed to be funny.  What I mean is, how come
>people get bent out of shape by odd rumours like the Win 95 registration
>wizard one, and don't seem to mind the more blatant invasions
>of privacy that go on every day?

>Apologies for the absence of any relevance to Intel processors
>here.  (Unless of course TRW runs on Intel...)

I wouldn't be so worried about TRW.  It is all the other, some less
reputable, credit agencies that are a pain in the ass.

Brandon
Soleil@utxvms.cc.utexas.edu

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Subject: Re: Windows 95 testing halted at Motorola
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 1995 21:32:28 GMT
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