Subj : 386 OS/2 Woes...
To   : Nightfox
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Tue May 02 2023 20:03:26

  Re: 386 OS/2 Woes...
  By: Nightfox to Tracker1 on Tue May 02 2023 01:29 pm

 Ni> full copies of Visual Studio 2002 and Windows XP. I got my copy of Windows
 Ni> XP from that event, and I ran that for years. I thought it was cool that I
 Ni> got a legit copy of Windows XP for free from there and was able to use it
 Ni> for so long. 

I worked for a large internet auction site when Windows 8 came out, and Microsoft invited us to their Silicon Valley campus their dog-and-pony show for Windows 8 in call center environments.

(I loved the Windows 8 ui for a limited menu of apps for a call center, where you don't customize the environment at all. That plus some new GPO tweaks were pretty cool...)

We had a lunch break and got to go to the Microsoft employee store. I bought a Windows 8.1 CD with license for $15, a copy of Office for the same price, and other were buying a year of Xbox Live for something like $25. Well worth it - my 8.1 license key works with Windows 10!

(I went to the mini-kitchen for a cup of coffee during a break and heard a contractor talking to a Microsoft employee in what seemed like a pre-sales meeting. He asked the employee to give him "his gmail address" so he could send him some info. I don't think he got any further business from them...)
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