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10 Oct 1994 | Print Printer-Friendly Version of This Article

"A" is for "Expire"

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"A" is for "Expire" -- Bill Fleischmann <bill.fleischmann@med.umich.edu> reports that yet another company whose name starts with "A" has announced a problem with a shipping commercial program expiring. ACI US announced that 4D Calc 1.2.1 stopped working on 01-Oct-94. ACI US has placed a fixed version with the name 4DCALC.121 in the 4D Modules library on CompuServe (GO ACIUS). No word on Internet distribution. [ACE]

ACI US -- 408/252-4444

 

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