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From: carlson@gateway.mitre.org (Bruce Carlson)
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Subject: Re: Word For Windows: Will Upgrade Notices Be Sent?
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Date: 29 Dec 89 19:37:42 GMT
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In article <11250118@hpldola.HP.COM> ppa@hpldola.HP.COM (Paul P. Austgen) writes:
>I have not received any notification.  I did for the 4.0 to 5.0
>transition, so I assume that they know where I am.

I called Microsoft this week and they told me the notices would go out after
the first of the year.

Does anybody else think that an "upgrade" price of $150 is ridiculous, 
especially so soon after the $75 4.0 to 5.0 upgrade?
Microsoft's explanation to me was that Word for Windows is essentially a
new product, therefore the upgrade is very expensive.  They seem to ignore
the money I spent on 4.0 and Pageview (including the need for Windows 2.1 to
get reasonable functionality) and the money I spent to go to 5.0.

I am using the most current version of MS Word and the most current version
of Windows/286, yet they want me to pay $150 to get Word for Windows that
will supposedly give me the best functionality from MS Word and MS Windows.
I can hardly wait to see if Windows 3.0 is also "essentially a new product", 
with its own astronomical upgrade cost.

Bruce Carlson