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Article #2024Re: HUGE NEWS ABOUT WINDOWS 95 ***
From: af... Steve Cagigas
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 00:00
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 00:00
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In article <3ueqig$l...@gate2.internet-eireann.ie>, pc...@orca.ucd.ie (Peter Cox) says: > >In article <3u8oej$p...@hecate.umd.edu>, co...@news.umd.edu (Corey Robert Lucier) says: >> >>: Apparently in order to get MSN (microsoft network) up and running, you >>: need to also buy the Microsoft Plus package (add-on?). Page 3 of the >>: booklet is where you'll find this info. Which is no doubt another $60 >>: or so on top of the $95-100 you'll pay for Win95. >>W R O N G ! ! ! >>=============== > > >I don't know what you mean by "wrong". I know for a fact that to use MSN you >need to buy Microsoft Plus, which is an add-on package for '95 with >various other utils on it. >It's not a scam, but it's typical MS business.... >And I do have a clue in this regard. Actually, MSN was included in the earlier builds -- I had it up and running under B347. I would bet that it's been pulled out of W95 and into the PlusPak to placate the Department of Justice, who were threatening to bar M$ from releasing W95 AT ALL... ----This is from USA Today, 14 Jul 95 wrangler |"Greatest Hits albums are for af...@dayton.wright.edu |housewives and little girls!" | -- The Kids in the Hall
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From: af...@dayton.wright.edu (Steve Cagigas) Subject: Re: HUGE NEWS ABOUT WINDOWS 95 *** Date: 1995/07/18 Message-ID: <1995Jul18.142854.382@kahuna.asc-yf.wpafb.af.mil> X-Deja-AN: 106423305 references: <vendettaDApDvy.L0C@netcom.com> <3squjd$fn4@news.acns.nwu.edu> <3ueqig$loc@gate2.internet-eireann.ie> newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit