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Any word on pricing for W2000 ? (as an upgrade from NT4 or Win98)
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: Doug Forman <doug@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <wayne@xxxxxxxxx>; =omega list <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 4:47 PM
Subject: RE: TS2000i on W2000
> From an article in ENT Magazine today:
>
> "Microsoft is encouraging Beta 3 users to upgrade to RC1 or RC2 as RTM
> (release) code will not support a direct upgrade from the third beta
> version. The company plans to ship RC2 to 650,000 of its customers that
are
> using Beta 3."
>
> "We expect this to be the last major release candidate before we release
to
> manufacturing," White says. "There may be a third release candidate, but
it
> won't be major, and it may be only for a subset of beta testers. We won't
> send it out to all 600,000-plus beta sites."
>
> See: http://www.entmag.com/breaknews.asp?ID=1265 for more details...
>
> Doug
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wayne Mathews [mailto:wayne@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 3:35 PM
> > To: =omega list
> > Subject: Re: TS2000i on W2000
> >
> >
> > Any one thinking of buying W2000 beta should be aware of the following,
> > which is taken from p.9 of the manual. You do not get any credit for
> > being a beta tested.
> >
> > The current W2000, beta3, is "time-sensitive" with a "300-day time
> > limit" . "The price ($75) of the Corporate Preview Program (beta 3)
> > cannot be applied against the price of the final released Windows 2000".
> >
> > Of course, the final version will install over the beta.
> >
>
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