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Re: Windows 95 testing halted at Motorola

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From: Hank Oredson
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 1995 21:13
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In article <403msr$6vk@data.interserv.net>, billman@centcon.com (William Rini) writes:

<etc.>

|> 3.  Why would Motorola just figure out what the registration wizard
|> does after a year or more of beta testing it?  It's not like it's a
|> hidden feature, it's part of the damn installation procedure.
|> 
|> 4.  Why has this same story appreared several times with the name of
|> the company changed?  Why is it whenever someone says they heard that
|> so and so wasn't going to buy Win95 because of the registration
|> wizard, they can never recall or give a specific person?

<etc.>

Perhaps someone at Motorola could tell us if the story is true.
Perhaps some of the folks who are so terribly concerned
about this problem would call Motorola and ask.
Perhaps instead this whole thread is just another childish spam.

Hmmm ... posted to:

comp.sys.powerpc
comp.terminals.tty5620
comp.os.linux.advocacy
comp.sys.mac.advocacy
comp.os.os2.advocacy
comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
comp.sys.intel
alt.2600
alt.destroy.microsoft

Yes, must be a spam.

"But daddy, it's only August!"
"Well son, it is always September somewhere on the net."

   ...  Hank

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Subject: Re: Windows 95 testing halted at Motorola
Date: 9 Aug 1995 21:13:58 GMT
Organization: Mentor Graphics, Wilsonville, Oregon, USA
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