From: OFeem1987@teleworm.us   
      
   rbowman wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:   
      
   > On 27 Jan 2026 22:24:44 GMT, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   >   
   >> Actually, I always wondered whether it was possible to upgrade Windows   
   >> 3.0 to 3.1 for free, or whether you had to buy an entirely new product.   
   >> I don't think I ever came across a 3.0 to 3.1 upgrade pack anywhere at   
   >> the time.   
   >   
   > I can't address 3.0 to 3.1. I updated to Windows for Workgroup 3.11 using   
   > the install media included in the MSDN subscription. At the time you got a   
   > binder full of CDs, essentially isos for many different language   
   > versions.   
   >   
   > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Developer_Network   
   >   
   > The changes over the years is interesting. In the early '90s MSDN was more   
   > or less a Compuserve forum, with Compuserve being one of the more   
   > expensive options. A MSDN subscription was pricey. As late as Visual   
   > Studio 6.0 it was almost a requirement to do any serious development.   
   > 'Academic' versions of VS were available for $100 USD to suck in the   
   > college kids but they were crippled.   
   >   
   > As the years went on more 'community' or 'express' versions of VS became   
   > available and offered almost everything the Enterprise edition had.   
   > Documentation became more accessible up to the current https://   
   > learn.microsoft.com/en-us/.   
   >   
   > I don't know if the Microsoft Phone / RT experience was the watershed but   
   > MS over the years decided developers were the lifeblood that kept the OS   
   > going rather than another revenue stream to be sucked dry.   
      
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   of the old ones.   
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