info-mac@utcsrgv.UUCP (info-mac) (04/26/84)
Date: Saturday, 21 April 1984 17:59:25 EST
From: uw-beaver!Thomas.Newton@cmu-cs-spice.arpa
To: info-mac@sumex-aim.arpa
Subject: Microsoft BASIC
I saw this on another bboard where it was posted by someone who claimed
that a little bird told him:
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Microsoft will be releasing two updates to MS-BASIC. The first, version
1.01, will fix the known bugs in the current version and will be out "real
soon now." The second, version 2.00, will have more features so that it
will be competitive with MacBasic, and is expected sometime in June.
The cost for registered owners to get the updates will be $25 for version
1.01 and $50 for version 2.00.
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If this is true, why is Microsoft charging $25 for version 1.01?!? Since
it just fixes bugs, they should be mailing it out for no charge or at most
for the cost of the diskette and postage (about $4 if you buy boxes of ten
disks at the CMU Computer Store and send each disk in a padded envelope via
first-class mail).
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-- Thomas.Newton@CMU-CS-Spice