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- From: pmacfar@eis.calstate.edu (Paul MacFarlane)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.apps
- Subject: Re: PC Tools 8.0-No Windows apps!
- Message-ID: <BxMxAI.Ev0@eis.calstate.edu>
- Date: 13 Nov 92 03:20:41 GMT
- References: <joe.721596015@morton>
- Organization: Calif State Univ/Electronic Information Services
- Lines: 23
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- joe@morton.rain.com (Joe Moss) writes:
- > pmacfar@eis.calstate.edu (Paul MacFarlane) writes:
- > >rick@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu (Richard M. Warner) writes:
- > *HOWEVER* on the *back* of the order form across from the "No Postage
- > Necessary if ...." stuff it states:
- >
- > Special Note: Version 8 is designed
- > for DOS environments.
- > Version 8 was designed to be a DOS only
- > product. Please note that Windows applications
- > contained in Version 7 have not been updated to
- > Version 8. To be kept up-to-date on our future
- > Windows products, please check the Windows
- > information box on the order form.
- Yes, I did find it back there. Perhaps if I had actually ordered the
- product I would have taken a closer look. Still, without trying to flame
- Central Point (or anybody else) I don't think it's completely unreasonable
- that someone could have missed it while ordering their update. Just
- another case of communications that could have been more prominent, I guess.
-
- Paul MacFarlane
- Danville, California
- pmacfar@eis.calstate.edu
-