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Article #384Re: Boo Hiss MicroSoft
From: roy schmidt
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1992 00:59
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. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roy Schmidt | #include <disclaimer.h> Indiana University | /* They are _my_ thoughts, so you can't School of Business | have them, so there! */
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Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!bronze!rschmidt@copper.ucs.indiana.edu From: roy schmidt <rschmidt@copper.ucs.indiana.edu> Subject: Re: Boo Hiss MicroSoft Message-ID: <1992Apr7.200005.10227@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> Keywords: Marketing Scam Organization: Indiana University References: <j8h2b9o@dragon.wpd.sgi.com> Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 19:59:58 -0500 Lines: 29