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Re: RA PATCH NEWS [Re: RA update (fwd)]

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From: Michae... Michael Wong
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 00:00
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In article <333DA7...@infinet.com>, ty...@infinet.com says...
>> Microsoft took over 6 months to come out with their service pack 1 for
>> Windows 95, and look at THEIR profit margins and staff sizes, not to mention
>> the fact that win95 was priority #1 when it came out.  I'm just saying that
>> it might not be as easy as you think.

>It would be very easy to do actually as they really do not have to do
>any new programming, only they have to tweak some variables. ultRA tries
>to address this as best as possible.  If you want to read about ultRA go
>to http://www.infinet.com/~jenny/ultra.html and read ultra14.txt for the
>full description.  ultRA of course is free and always will be. 
>Counterstrike is not and as I understand it, the new units will not be
>available in multiplayer.

I think you misunderstand.  I'm not talking about unit balances and stuff like 
that.  I'm talking about the long-awaited patch that will deal with some of the 
crashing problems and system instability issues.  THAT's new programming, and 
it's rumoured that Counterstrike is being held up for that patch.
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From: Michae...@sar.hookup.net (Michael Wong)
Subject: Re: RA PATCH NEWS [Re: RA update (fwd)]
Date: 1997/03/30
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