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- From: ahummel@ems.cdc.com (H. Austin Hummel)
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- Subject: Re: Gateway's Software Options?
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- Date: 10 Sep 92 14:19:47 GMT
- References: <1992Sep09.020012.22945@gibdo.engr.washington.edu> <1992Sep9.124046.12491@devildog.att.com> <thompson.716059294@hermes.socsci.umn.edu>
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- In article <thompson.716059294@hermes.socsci.umn.edu>, thompson@atlas.socsci.umn.edu (T. Scott Thompson) writes:
- |> jdalin@devildog.att.com (Jimmy Dalin) writes:
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- |> >vendor. Gateway told me that they would send me upgrade offers, possibly at
- |> >a lower price than the original software vendor. (This remains to be seen.)
- |>
- |> Gateway sent me upgrade offers on MS-DOS 5.0 and Windows 3.1 soon
- |> after they got the rights to do so. Their prices were as good or
- |> better than the upgrade ads I saw from Microsoft. Their intent seems
- |> to be good, and their follow-through was great on MS-DOS 5.0 (I didn't
- |> take advantage of the Windows upgrade.) Gateway has given me _far_
- |> better customer service than I got when I owned Northgate or Zeos
- |> systems, and the hardware has been very reliable.
- |> --
- |> T. Scott Thompson email: thompson@atlas.socsci.umn.edu
- |> Department of Economics phone: (612) 625-0119
- |> University of Minnesota fax: (612) 624-0209
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- Do not forget that with Gateway there was no Minnesota State Tax either.
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