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echo: windows
to: BOB KLAHN
from: Ed Vance
date: 2012-07-22 08:31:00
subject: Windows 8

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?


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