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- Subject: Re: Latest Version of Winword ?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug19.152026.25009@midway.uchicago.edu>
- From: spcberto@cicero.spc.uchicago.edu (Robert Osterlund)
- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 15:20:26 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug1.183540.8591@dmp.csiro.au> lachlan@dmp.csiro.au (Lachlan Cranswick) writes:
- >...
- >Does anyone notice how Digital Research and Lotus
- >announce and send bug fix upgrades to their
- >registered users, wheras Microsoft could not give
- >a damm!!!
- >
- >Which software company is going to be the first
- >up against the wall when the revolution comes?
- >...
- > Lachlan Cranswick - CSIRO _--_|\ lachlan@dmp.CSIRO.AU
- > Division of Mineral Products / \ +61 3 647 0367
- > PO Box 124, Port Melbourne 3207 \_.--._/
- > AUSTRALIA v
-
- In response to an announcement from Microsoft, I received a free upgraded
- version of Excel 3.0 about six months ago. No hassle, all it took was a
- quick phone call.
-
- So, I think Microsoft does in fact give a damn.
-
- Bob Osterlund
- berto@clio.spc.uchicago.edu
- SSPPCC--University of Chicago
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