Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ethos.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ethos!jay From: jay@ethos.UUCP (Jay Denebeim) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: Vaporware prize Message-ID: <368@ethos.UUCP> Date: Sun, 9-Feb-86 16:19:27 EST Article-I.D.: ethos.368 Posted: Sun Feb 9 16:19:27 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 11-Feb-86 05:27:20 EST References: <509@imsvax.UUCP> Organization: ETHOS, Durham, North Carolina Lines: 13 Summary: Of course... In article <509@imsvax.UUCP>, ted@imsvax.UUCP (Ted Holden) writes: > Has anyone > ever advertised and taken money for a software product four months before > it is available before?? Not this week anyway. It's not uncommon at all in the micro-computer world to see adds six months to a year before the first unit goes out the door. -- Jay Denebeim "One world, one egg, one basket." {seismo,decvax,ihnp4}!mcnc!rti-sel!ethos!jay Deep Thought, ZNode #42 300/1200/2400 919-471-6436