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|    Ed Vance to BOB KLAHN    |
|    Windows 8    |
|    22 Jul 12 08:31:00    |
      BK> HG> Has M$ learned some new tricks?              BK> HG> Such upgrade policy has been unheard of in recent years.       BK> HG> Maybe M$ has found too many satisfied XP users unvilling to       BK> HG> upgrade.              BK> I can believe that. I have not found a reason to upgrade yet.       BK> Ok, it's not an upgrade from my point of view. If I have to buy       BK> a new computer the new OS is not an upgrade, it's just another       BK> system hog.              BK> $120 for Win 7 was too much. I'l consider $40 for Win 8.              Bob,              My first MS-DOS computer had version 5.0.              I never bought any of the version 6.x's although I did find a box in a       Salvation Army Thrift Store that had the CD and Book for IBM PC-DOS 7.0       that I bought for $5.00US.              My question is wasn't the various 6.x upgrades priced around $40.00US?                      * SLMR 2.1a #T348 * The only truly irreplaceable thing is time.       --- SBBSecho 2.12-Linux        * Origin: telnet & http://cco.ath.cx - Dial-Up: 502-875-8938 (1:2320/105.1)    |
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