Re: Win95: Been there, done that.

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From: c... Lord Soth
Date: Sun, 07 May 1995 00:00

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hunt...@cs.purdue.edu (Charles Randolph Hunter) wrote:

>Yes, and so is Microsoft. You paid money for a beta remember? 
>I have never seen a blow so low as to charge for a beta. I hope you
>will agree, regardless of the operating system.

What about Midway and Mortal Kombat 3?  You can't say Revisions 1.0 or 2.0
are complete, can you?  Midway's making a huge amount of money on
unfinished games.  While this is not in the same league as Win95, it _is_
still charging for a beta.  $2000-$3000 a machine I'd expect.

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Date: 1995/05/07
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