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- From: fenris@cibbs.UUCP
- Newsgroups: alt.lang.basic
- Subject: Re: Microsoft basic & new
- Message-ID: <gate.2PBqwB1w165w@cibbs.UUCP>
- Date: Fri, 01 Jan 93 22:04:24 EST
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- -=> Quoting John Villalovos to All <=-
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- JV> Any one else out there notice that since December 1st Microsoft does
- JV> not offer free support anymore for their BASIC products (at least PDS).
- JV> Now you have to call either a 900 number, 800 number with credit card,
- JV> CI$, or Genie.
- JV> They don't seem to do this with programs like Excel.
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- JV> I wonder if they do it with their C compliler. Probably not since
- JV> Borland competes with them in that language. But since MS is around
- JV> the only one who does BASIC and controls most of the market I guess
- JV> they think that they can force people to pay for support. I asked them
- JV> if they supported the Internet and the said no.
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- Well, they still offer free support in Canada...
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- Fenris
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