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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
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Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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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???

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