Re: Microsoft buys "9X" designation (humor)

[paolett@ibm.net (Ricardo Paoletti)]

In <3h5luc$5gq@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM>, dweller@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (David Weller) writes:
>
>WASHINGTON, DC, -- Feb 6, 1995 -- Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) 
>confirmed today that it is aquiring the "9X" designation from the Ada
>Joint Program Office(AJPO).  This was apparently done as part of a
>three-way agreement between the AJPO, the Department of Justice, and
>Microsoft.  As part of the transfer agreement, Microsoft has agreed to 
>stop using the designation of "Windows95" for their often-delayed
>release of their new version of Windows, instead switching to the
>safer designation of "Windows9X".  

New York, NY - Feb. 6 95, later on - NYNEX Corp. won't comment on Microsoft's
recent purchase of the '9X' designation, but sources at the telephone company's
legal department declared that the company is prepared to sue the software
giant if the agreement is confirmed.
"If they want to call their software Windows9*, WindowsCurrentYear, or any 
other name it is fine with us, but we don't want be associated in any form with a
constantly late and delayed project", said the source at NYNEX. 

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