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From: jgarland@kean.ucs.mun.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re:  $99 Quattro offerfollowupexit
Message-ID: <131863@kean.ucs.mun.ca>
Date: 5 Sep 90 21:09:21 GMT
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In article <131855@kean.ucs.mun.ca>, jgarland@kean.ucs.mun.ca writes:
> In article <1990Sep1.201326.13797@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>, stone@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Glenn Stone) writes:
>> In article <130110@kean.ucs.mun.ca> jgarland@kean.ucs.mun.ca writes:
>>>> 
>>>> As a registered owner of Turbo C 2.0 on the theory that any time 
>>>> you can buy a $495 piece of software for
>>>> $99, you should do it, and lo and behold, I all of a sudden have lots of 
>>>> uses for a professional quality spreadsheet.  
>> 
>> The academic price is cheaper yet: $69.  Contact their educational
>> division.  They have fantastic academic discounts on all their products
>> (if I remember correctly, we got Paradox for $79!).
>>

I swear, there's ***always*** a better deal than the one you take.  
But hell, what I said still stands...I never thought I wanted a 
spreadsheet I can't live without one now.  

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