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From: wallwey@snoopy.Colorado.EDU (WALLWEY DEAN WILLIAM)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Windows Programming
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Date: 12 Jun 90 14:35:29 GMT
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In article <1990Jun12.010850.17716@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> ahd@kendra.kew.com (Drew Derbyshire) writes:
>Okay everyone, write down this number:
>
>	1-800-323-3577
>
>Which is the toll free "Windows Hot Line" (Product Information).  Now
>call them (you may have to ask for department L21, but I did NOT) and
>tell them to tell their manager and HIS/HER manager that if they want
>people to write cheap software for Windows, they have to drop the price
>of the Windows SDK (System Development Kit).  Be warned, you could be
>on hold a while ... but it's their phone bill.  :-)
>
>Drew Derbyshire
>
>Internet:  ahd@kendra.kew.com            Snail mail:  108 Decatur St, Apt 9
>Voice:     617-641-3739                               Arlington, MA 02174

Don't waste your or MicroSoft's time, or for that matter other real
users time trying to get hold of MicroSoft for legitament purposes.  If you
saw what came in the MicroSoft development kit, you would understand why
they charge $500 dollars.  By the way, you can get it mail order for
about $325 the last time I checked.  

Grow Up!  If you don't like the price, don't buy! 

One last thing, when competition for Windows programming heats up, you
will see the price come down.  

	-Dean Wallwey