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Re: Microsoft distributes free CDs in Japan to patch Windows

  • From: Niels Bakker
  • Date: Mon Sep 08 13:02:00 2003 
>> 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. 

* [email protected] [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.