Re: winzip
From: Ken Blake, MVP (kblake_at_this.is.an.invalid.domain)
Date: 06/09/04
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Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 13:17:09 -0700
In news:04A60B39-7B9F-4895-8EC5-7C9B7CA32FEB@microsoft.com,
Eric <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> Ken,
> Winzip application has been included on all my pc's since at
least
> Win98. Any idea if WinZip decided to stop giving it away or MS
> decided not to include it themselves?
No, neither of those things is what happened. If you bought OEM
computers and those computers came with Winzip, it was that the
company you bought the computer from bundled it (probably just a
trial version) with the package he sold you. Microsoft didn't
include it and Winzip didn't include it. No version of Windows
has ever come with it.
This is similar to the person who buys a new computer and is
outraged to find out that "Windows XP doesn't come with Word,
Excel, and PowerPoint." They compare WIndows XP with their old
Windows 98 computer which did come with these products.
Yes their WIndows 98 computer may have come with Word, Excel, and
PowerPoint, but Windows 98 didn't. It's simply that they had
bought a Windows 98 computer from someone who bundled those
products together with the computer he sold.
So Winzip is a separate product which is shareware. You are
entitled to try it for 21 days without paying, but are then
required to pay for it ($29) if you keep it (although since it
stays functional if you don't pay, there are many people who keep
it and don't pay). See http://www.winzip.com/downwzeval.htm
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