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From: stone@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Glenn Stone)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Quattro Pro for $99 Good Deal?
Keywords: Quattro
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Date: 6 Mar 90 17:52:35 GMT
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In article <5474@bgsu-stu.UUCP> klopfens@bgsu-stu.UUCP (Bruce Klopfenstein) writes:
>I got the come-on from Borland about getting Quattro Pro for $99.
>On the surface, it looks like a great deal.  What's the catch?
>Why do they need proof that you already have 1-2-3?  Or is that
>just another gimmick?
>
>Skeptical about marketing ploys,
>
>Dr. Bruce C. Klopfenstein      |  klopfens@andy.bgsu.edu
>Radio-TV-Film Department       |  klopfenstein@bgsuopie.bitnet
>Bowling Green $tate University |  klopfens@bgsuvax.UUCP
>Bowling Green, OH  43403       |  (419) 372-2138; 352-4818

There is no catch.  In fact, you can get it cheaper: your status
in a university entitles you to the $69 educational rate.  Contact
Educational sales Dept., Borland, PO Box 660001, Scotts Valley
CA 95066-0001, 408-439-1064.  Great academic discounts on Paradox,
Turbo compilers, Sprint, etc.

GD Stone
Anthropology
Columbia Univ.