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From: johnston@minnie.me.udel.edu
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Subject: Excel 3.0 upgrade offer
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Date: 18 Apr 91 16:35:02 GMT
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Good news:  just got an ugrade offer from Microsoft -- Excel 3.0 sounds great!
Bad news:  I purchased the Excel "Academic Edition" for $125 in early Fall '90.
MS is offering two upgrade plans:  

Plan A (for people who purchased Excel before 12/7/90)   $129 plus $5.50 S/H
Plan B (for people who purchased Excel after  12/7/90)   FREE plus $5.50 S/H

I can't complain about the original $125 price for Excel 2.2, but the upgrade
price seems steep -- after all, the typical "street price" for Excel 2.2
has been $245 for some time now.  That probably won't change with the 
introduction of Excel 3.0.

While I doubt that MS will cave in an decide to give away 3.0, it certainly
would be nice to think that MS would consider upgrading the software license
status from "Academic" to "Regular" for those who are willing to fork over
more for an upgrade than they paid in the first place to buy the product.

Anybody thoughts?

-- Bill (johnston@minnie.me.udel.edu)
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