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- A while back, someone posted a message about the lack of support
- they received from Microsoft for DOS 5.0. The ham mentioned that
- DOS 5.0 was purchased as a complete or full package. And MS support
- essentially told the ham that no support can be given for it.
-
- That's probably true. As far as I'm aware, the Microsoft OS product
- line for DOS 5.0 is only the "upgrade" package. There is no complete
- or full MS-DOS 5.0 package available from Microsoft. For that, one
- would buy the IBM package (Big Blue's DOS 5 product line includes
- both the "upgrade" and the complete or full package) or from an OEM.
-
- However, as I understood it, the complete package from an OEM may
- not be supported by MS because the OEM package is supposed to be
- sold as part of a computer system and support should be obtained
- from the dealer from which the system was purchased from.
-
- Kinda hokey but it looks like that's how the game is being played.
- For example, I recently purchased a few computer systems from
- Gateway 2000 for my employer. Gateway supplies MS-DOS 5.0 and
- Windows 3 with their systems. The diskettes and manuals supplied
- indicates that I've got a complete or full package. But if I need
- technical support, according to Gateway, I call Gateway's tech
- support, not Microsoft (of course, I won't necessarily do this
- if I do run into a problem :) ).
-
- The DOS "tech support" at MS have probably been told that if it ain't
- a MS-DOS 5.0 "upgrade", it ain't supported. Confuses the peanuts
- out of everyone. 73 es watch out when you're at the swap meet.
-
- de Gary N6MMM @ W6QFK.#SOCA.CA
-