From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On Wed, 28 Jan 2026 07:12:43 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
   >   
   > Developers!   
   >     Developers!   
   >         Developers!   
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   > Developers!   
   >     Developers!   
   >         Developers!   
      
   My biggest question about that video of him screaming that was why he was   
   so willing to go out on stage with such obvious pit stains. Seriously,   
   have a little bit of pride.   
      
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