Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!decwrl!hplabs!hpda!hpcupt1!hpcuhb!hpsmtc1!swh From: swh@hpsmtc1.HP.COM (Steve Harrold) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: WARNING Microsoft C V5.1 Setup WARNING Message-ID: <11470030@hpsmtc1.HP.COM> Date: 6 May 88 15:06:53 GMT References: <1455@slvblc.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino Lines: 17 Re: Write protect tabs on distribution disks How come, when I spend hundreds of dollars for a software package, I still have to put a sticky tab on the distribution disks? Surely, at these prices and volume, the software manufacturer can use disk duplicating machines that ignore the notch on the diskette, thus allowing the use of disk blanks that HAVE NO NOTCH. A number of smaller companies, offering products that are much lower in price, are able to do so. Why can't Microsoft and Lotus do it??? --------------------- Steve Harrold ...hplabs!hpsmtc1!swh HPG200/13 (408) 447-5580 ---------------------