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To: Jim Patterson who wrote (36379)	4/2/1998 7:17:00 PM
From: rudedog	Respond to of 176387

I believe there was no rip-off but that the SW was not available at time of shipment and customers got a coupon to get the sw at a later date no charge. still a technical violation of the mail order rules. the statute says $10,000 per violation so this would have been only 80 systems if my info (not official) is correct... FTC can get real sticky on mail order violations

To: Jim Patterson who wrote (36379)	4/3/1998 11:09:00 AM
From: SecularBull	Respond to of 176387

Jim P., big deal (thud)...Why don't you point out something worthwhile? The fine will have no effect on DELL. It's an open and shut case.

To: Jim Patterson who wrote (36379)	4/3/1998 11:13:00 AM
From: SecularBull	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Jim P., you make the assumption that they were "ripping off" people. Could it be that MSFT promised that the software would be ready, and then MSFT dropped the ball????? Give it a rest. This is not relevant to the value of DELL. Did you notice that the business channels were not reporting this story at all???? I heard about it on top-of-the-hour ABC news on a.m. radio. You had to go to ZDNET. The market could care less. I wonder how much DELL made on that campaign relative to the $800k fine????