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Subject:Re: PETALUMA CA-Tech Writer Staff From:Steve Victor <svictor -at- LGC -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 15 Aug 1995 08:51:35 CDT
> 'Jeffrey Pittman' writes:
> >
> > In a message dated 95-08-14 13:27:53 EDT, stephena -at- NETCOM -dot- COM (Steve
Arrants)
> > writes:
> >
> > >o Windows 3.1, NT, 95 (at this point, some familiarity w/Win95, such as
> > > participation in the Beta release program is OK).
> >
> > Gee, that's really nice, especially seeing as Win95 has yet to be released!
> > My wife's end of our business is software consulting and support. To
enable
> > her to fulfill the evaluation end of a software support contract, one of her
> > clients has provided her with a licensed beta copy of Win95. I composed the
> > finished document from her notes. This has given me some familiarity with
> > Win95, but I'm the exception in the writing community. Isn't this being a
> > bit too selective?
> > Good luck,
> > J.P.
> I don't think so. Microsoft has sent out jillions of beta disks, preview
> disks, first look disks, etc. I'd be real surprised to find someone who hasn't
> at least seen it demo'd.
Surprise! I've never laid eyes on it (not for lack of trying, believe me). Who
exactly has been getting those jillions of disks?
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