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From: jcmorris@mwunix.mitre.org (Joe Morris)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Windows 3.0 Updates
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Date: 25 May 90 15:33:14 GMT
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In article <1990May24.185119.18770@bach.amd.com> phil@pepsi.amd.com (Phil Ngai) writes:
>In article <464@dg.dg.com> jorge@dg.dg.com (Jorge Lach) writes:
>|Has anyone received update notices yet? I am wandering when registered
>|users are going to get theirs. Is anyone aware of the update cost, and
>
>I hadn't gotten mine so I called and he said you should have them
>by now. Their system seems to have some big holes in it so if you
>care, you ought to call in. The update costs $50 plus shipping and
>tax and they will want some kind of proof of ownership. My serial
>number was not good, I don't know why, but I convinced him I deserved
>it anyway. I'm also getting an Excel update for free, not even
>shipping charges.

At the office I saw another system's reorder form in the mail on Tuesday
(announcement day!) and I got mine on Wednesday.  On the other hand, I've
not yet received any reorder form for my personal copies at home (both
Win/286 and Win/386 plus Excel)...

Since when has Windows had a serial number of interest to Microsoft?  For
a while there was a serial number associated with Word, but even that
has disappeared in recent releases.  In the few cases in which Microsoft
apparently lost my registration (and so didn't send me an upgrade order
form) all they asked for was a copy of the sales receipt.  Nobody ever
brought up the issue of a serial number.

Joe