================================================ Subject: Re: confused in fla.... Then recount and vote for Jim From: "Kevin L. Brown" To: Date: Thu 16 Aug 2001 21:57:11 -0700 ================================================ "its share"? Way beyond its share. Especially since they're all false. You have no proof because it doesn't exist. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Creed - 7M3 - Live" To: Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 7:46 PM Subject: Re: confused in fla.... Then recount and vote for Jim > Myriad is a decent program. We use it to view our drawings. > > MS does get its share of criticism and insults, from me. A bias, that > I'm sure is a tad bit noticably, to anyone reading the posts. > > Regarding the issue about MS charging a subscription for XP. I have > already said that I have no proof about such a scheme. However, I do not > feel that the subject was set out to "Scare the living pants off' of > would be buyers. > I haven't found an article or other source for the previous issue. > Maybe this excerpt, regarding prices will calm the fears about the > subscription debate. > --- > The worst part of this new scheme: if you don't upgrade to Office XP by > Oct. 1, you'll end up paying essentially the same price as if you were > buying Office for the first time, not upgrading. Consumers who upgrade > to XP before Oct. 1, 2001 pay $239 for the Standard edition and $329 for > the Professional edition; after that, the cost of upgrading will come > close to the cost of purchasing the program from scratch. The new user > prices are $479 and $579, respectively. > ----- > > The only thing accomplished by continued comments about the price > scheme, is that you will make my desire to find the article, more desirable. > > Here is a good word about Microsoft. My machine worked all day, without > crashing or leading to an error. I didn't have to search the internet > for a patch, for a bug, that I'd have to know how to spell. > > The reason that I thought th bug was called msprexe, instead of mprexe, > which is the program that the bug was in. Is because everything seems to > start out as mscrash.exe or something. Plus, the fact that I am at home > and running a different operating system. > > Jim > > ----------------------- > Keith P. Mears wrote: > > > Is it possible that he has already forgotten his MYRIAD statements flogging > > MS for, well EVERYTHING, but, specifically, "charging a subscription for > > XP"? > > > > I mean, is that POSSIBLE? > > > > I am absolutely DUMB-FOUNDED. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "King_Dovregubben" > > To: > > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 10:55 PM > > Subject: Re: confused in fla.... Then recount and vote for Jim > > > > > > > >>Plans to charge users for their product? GASP! Say it isn't so! > >> > > > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: > > http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp > > > > > > > > -- > Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest > way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless. > -- Sinclair Lewis > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: > http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp