Actually CNET's Michael Kanellos has printed an updated article at
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,34772,00.html
that says that Microsoft is not going to charge for bug fixes and will sell
the feature upgrade to Win98 users for a reduced price from their web site.
The price mentioned is "less than $30."  For a lot of people the shared
internet connection feature will be worth that.  I paid $50 for software
that does the same thing.

Ben Moore

----- Original Message -----
From: Earl Truss <
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 1999 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Windows 98 Second Edition


> I doubt if any kind of boycott would work since they will always have
> people like me who have not yet upgraded to Windows 98 because we knew
this
> was going to happen and have been waiting to buy the version that has the
> bug fixes in it.
> Actually, what has sold me on it is the promised inclusion of software to
> share an ISP on a network, not the bug fixes.
>
> At 05:24 PM 4/7/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >Microsoft is now planning on SELLING us the bug fixes.  There will not be
> >a free service pack to repair the problems with windows98.  The "new"
(and
> >I use that term VERY loosely) Windows 98 Second Edition (or 98SE) is
> >supposed to have a retail price of $89US

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