Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!noao!arizona!arizona.edu!misvax.mis.arizona.edu!mwilliams From: mwilliams@misvax.mis.arizona.edu (The owls are not what they seem...) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps Subject: Re: DOS 5.0 Pricing Press Release Message-ID: <12JUN91214218@misvax.mis.arizona.edu> Date: 13 Jun 91 04:42:18 GMT References: <11JUN91192947@misvax.mis.arizona.edu> Reply-To: mwilliams@misvax.mis.arizona.edu Distribution: world,local Organization: University of Arizona MIS Department - Mosaic Group Lines: 27 Nntp-Posting-Host: misvax.mis.arizona.edu News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-a4 Lines: 27 In article , henry@ADS.COM (Henry Mensch) writes... >mwilliams@misvax.mis.arizona.edu wrote: >-> >->Microsoft Announces MS-DOS 5 Upgrade >-> >->The price paid by the company is determined by multiplying the total number >->of PCs at the participating addresses by the MS-DOS 5 Upgrade 100% Program >->price offered by authorized resellers. The suggested retail prices for the >->program are as follows: >-> o 100-999 machines for $59 per machine; >-> o 1,000-4,999 machines for $44 per machine; >-> o 5,000 or more machines for $37 per machine. > >this is ridiculous ... individuals can buy the upgrade kit from >EggHead Discount Software for $39 (they make you fill out a >questionnaire for this price ... it has about ten questions on it.) >if you don't fill out the q'aire then you pay $59. > I don't writes 'em, I just posts 'em. ;-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael Williams | _ /| Bill Rules! | \'o.O' University of Arizona, MIS | ACK! PTHFT! =(___)= mwilliams@mis.arizona.edu | U ------------------------------------------------------------------------