[61866] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Microsoft distributes free CDs in Japan to patch Windows
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Niels Bakker)
Mon Sep 8 13:00:01 2003
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 18:59:25 +0200
From: Niels Bakker <niels=nanog@bakker.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
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>> And getting the lead time down to 4-6 weeks would be a challenge -
>> remember you have to *ship* the re-mastered patch CD to every retailer
>> and get it on the shelves. That's going to hit your bottom line.
* Michael.Dillon@radianz.com [Mon 08 Sep 2003, 18:03 CEST]:
> Ever heard of Windows 98?
> How about Windows 98 SE (Second Edition)?
Windows 98SE was only available to OEMs and wasn't on shelves in stores.
As Valdis also notes, it's an entirely different situation.
-- Niels.
