mms00786@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (06/07/90)
What I find, as a registered owner of the $395 Windows SDK and $280 Microsoft C 5.1 is that this investment is like upfront money - you probably can't do much with it except may be print hello world in your choice of font and size. What you need is $800/year + LD telephone charges to subscribe to Online. Two months after I bought this setup, I was told that the rules have changed and the only way to get the answers to any questions is through Online. **Not even a written request for help will be answered** I was told that this is because "support is a seperate, paid for, service" offered by Microsoft. This, of course, is totally in line with the company's philosophy - for example, documentation for newly purchased software is also a seperately priced product (case: Microsoft C 6.0) I have a suggestion : In all their registration cards, they should include a slot where you have to enter your ATM number - that way, they can take just whatever they want whenever they want, thereby guaranteeing you an uninterrupted channel of support, and appeasing Microsoft's appetite for cornering 1/4 of the US Treasury market. Milan mms00786@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu .