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From: bright@nazgul.UUCP (Walter Bright)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: Borland C++ 2.0
Message-ID: <277@nazgul.UUCP>
Date: 4 Mar 91 18:21:16 GMT
References: <1991Feb15.041246.15904@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <24216@netcom.COM> <16740@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> <26972@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> <1991Feb20.194056.17490@sj.ate.slb.com>
Reply-To: bright@nazgul.UUCP (Walter Bright)
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Organization: Zortech, Seattle
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/I sent in my upgrade certificate. It had 2 boxes to check. One is an upgrade
/from TC++ for $149.95, and the other from TC++ Pro for $99.95. Why they even
/bother to offer the $149 one is beyond me.
/I guess they just take your word for it.
/I recently got an offer to get W4W at a discount price if you own some other
/competing word processor. All they want is your signature stating that you
/currently own one of the mentioned packages. No proof or anything.

It sure is a far cry from the days of copy protection. The world is
a nicer place if one's word is accepted at face value.