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- From: echuang@cco.caltech.edu (Ernest Y. Chuang)
- Subject: Do non-Microsoft companies (legally) produce DOS5, Win3.1?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep11.080627.4288@cco.caltech.edu>
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- Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 08:06:27 GMT
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- I just bought a new computer which came with MS-DOS 5.0 and Win 3.1,
- but they weren't just preloaded on the hard drive -- they were in
- shrink-wrapped boxes complete with manual and floppies. What confuses
- me is that they don't appear to be the genuine Microsoft products.
- (I already have the MSDOS 5.0 and Win 3.1 that I bought for my previous
- computer.)
-
- Although both boxes say "Microsoft" MSDOS and Windows, there are also
- other names on the boxes -- "MTD" on the DOS5 box, and "Electron" on
- the Win3.1 box. The names are prominently displayed and the box
- designs are distinctly different from my "real" Microsoft boxes, so
- it doesn't seem like they're trying to disguise their origin, but I
- wouldn't have thought that Microsoft would license anyone else to
- produce their software.
-
- I haven't opened the shrink-wrap, since I was wondering if I could
- sell these, so I don't know if the manual or registration card would
- tell me anything more about them. Anyone know if these are legit?
-
- - Ernest Chuang
- echuang@cco.caltech.edu
-
-