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From: ssircar@ecs.umass.edu (Good writers re-write -- not write!)
Newsgroups: talk.bizarre,comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Pagemaker Scam (was Re: Stress & Pain & Rock 'n Roll)
Message-ID: <13564.2825776e@ecs.umass.edu>
Date: 6 May 91 15:34:05 GMT
References: <11767@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <9300@buster2.Michigan.COM>
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In article <9300@buster2.Michigan.COM>, rabbit@buster2.Michigan.COM (Dr. Roger Rabbit) writes:
> By the way, there is a new scam out: Forcing people to buy Windows 3.0
> in order to use certain software. I went into my local Egghead to get 
> Pagemaker 4.0 and they guy says, "you do have Windows 3.0, don't you?"
> I said "no - why?" He replied, "Well, you need it to run PageMaker". 
> Then the guy tries to sell me a mouse saying, "You'll need that too". 
Why is your complaint solely against PageMaker 4.0?  I'm waiting for you to 
complain against Excel.  Without Windows 3.0, how else can Aldus make the PC 
version look a little like their MAC version?  The "scam", as you call it, has 
been in existence since Windows 3.0 came out.  Think about it.  How else can 
you run Word for Windows, WordPerfect for Windows and Crosstalk for Windows?

> 
> I say "shove it - I'll stick with PFS: FP 1.0" Hey, it ain't pretty, but
> it works. Windows sucks, and they know it so they try to force it down
> our throats anyways. Give me X any day!! Maybe when PageMaker for XENIX/ 
> Sun/OS comes out next month, I'll get that instead.
Who is forcing you to buy Windows?  Aldus?  Microsoft?  Considering a lot of 
people have bought it, they don't need to force it down your throat.  Your X 
costs about $500 for the PC as I was told.  Compare that to Window's cost of 
$89.
> 
> 
> 
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