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Re: Boo Hiss MicroSoft

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From: roy schmidt
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1992 00:59
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Well, when my copy was delivered at 2:45 pm on Monday, I remarked to the
FEDEX delivery person, "You're late!"  She said, "No, the code right
here on the package says deliver by 4:30 pm on Tuesday, so it's actually
a day early!"

Yes, folks, Microsoft lied.

BTW, those who have been spreading around the Windows "casualty list"
should look at APPS.HLP in WIN 3.1.  It appears the over-zealous
reporter for PC Week copied this list but failed to point out that only
minor problems were reported in the APPS.HLP file for each listed
program.  For instance, the PC Tools 7.1 note observes that PC Tools 6.0
won't work, so you should upgrade to 7.1; in another PC Tools note, MS
"recommends" that you use SmartDrive instead of PC-Cache.  This whole
casualty list item was just a tempest in a teapot.

Yes, other people lied.

As another poster noted, if IBM gave me a delivery date, I would *know*
ahead of time they probably would slip delivery.  Now I can add MS to
the list.

 
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From: roy schmidt <rschmidt@copper.ucs.indiana.edu>
Subject: Re: Boo Hiss MicroSoft
Message-ID: <1992Apr7.200005.10227@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
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Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 19:59:58 -0500
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