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From: jdb@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Brian K. W. Hook)
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Subject: Re: DOS 5.0 soon?
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Date: 25 Jan 91 21:57:53 GMT
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In article <8499@hub.ucsb.edu> 6600prao@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Parik Rao) writes:
>
> The final beta of 5.0 was shipped last week...
>they (microsoft) are shooting for a March release
>date.  Also the "util" extras, like unformat,
>unerase, and so forth may be taken out as per
>requests from Central Point, Norton, etc, etc.  They
>feel that some of the functions of 5.0 make their
>utility programs useless.
> 

Also, the latest release of the beta of DOS 5.0 is supposedly the "final"
release....no more suggestions, bug reports only please.  The utility that
was NOT included was a DeskLink like product that Traveling Software,
the makers of DeskLink and LapLink, pleaded with Bill Gates not to include
since that would kill the company instantaneously.

Central Point Software has been RESPONSIBLE for writing the utility packages
and thus I doubt that they will be complaining to heavily about its inclusion.

Brian