Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!sgiblab!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!news2.uunet.ca!uunet.ca!uunet.ca!seachg!jalsop From: jalsop@seachg.com (John Alsop) Subject: Re: MS Encarta, What's the differences? Message-ID: <1994Jan6.154453.14542@seachg.com> Organization: Sea Change Corporation References: <9401021801.AA26293@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca> Distribution: alt Date: Thu, 6 Jan 94 15:44:53 GMT Lines: 22 In article "Kevin McCluskey (NBGovt-Education)" writes: >Microsoft is offering an introductory price on Encarta (or so I was told) >for a short time. I can get the 94 Encarta for 129.00--- educational >introductory price. The $245.00 you mention will be the eventual >educational price once this launch is over. I owuld expect prices in the >USA to be lower. Hope this helps! All prices mentioned are in Canadian >Dollars. > I purchased a copy of the '94 Encarta at a local computer retailer for $97.00 (Canadian) just before Christmas. It didn't say anything about "special" or "introductory" price. -- John Alsop Sea Change Corporation 6695 Millcreek Drive, Unit 8 Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5N 5R8 Tel: 905-542-9484 Fax: 905-542-9479 UUCP: ...!uunet!uunet.ca!seachg!jalsop jalsop@seachg.com