From:	sparhawk AT eunet DOT at (Gerhard Gruber)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: ~~~Free Microsoft Software!~~~
Date:	Thu, 13 Aug 1998 15:55:32 GMT
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Destination: John Meyer <john_meyer AT geocities DOT com>
From: Gruber Gerhard
Group: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 17:25:44 -0600:

>>Microsoft is now GIVING away FREE Copies of these latest programs and more.
>>
>>Windows 98!
>>NT 5.0 BETA
>>SQL 7.0
>>Frontpage 98
>>Office 97/98
>>
>>This incredible program has been around for quite sometime for an elite
>group of IT professionals but now you too can get the software Microsoft
>gives away for free for marketing reasons.
>
>
>If anybody thinks this is a load of crap, give me a hell yeah! *G*

Who cares for that crap? Its typical. Give away programs at the beginning for
free. This way people are abused as beta testers and you can build a base.
When enough people have this shit you come out with an update and a new
"standard" and you have to pay for it.
--
Bye,
   Gerhard

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