I would like to address the quesiton of a "DUPE" between the NTA Release
of Windows 95 and the SCuM release of Build 950 r6 - based on what we 
know at this time.

The party supplying the program is a writer who has been on the beta list
from the beginning.  At the end of last week he received a copy of the
supposed Build 95 r6 which was labeled as such.  Then at the end of last
week MicroSoft announced they had sealed the code and sent the "Gold Disk"
to the packager.  On Monday the same party received a new disk from MicroSoft
with a letter indicating that this was the FINAL!

Others have checked the files and indicated there is NO difference but then
who would expect any difference in the 4 intervening days.  The only real
difference is that one was labeled by MicroSoft as a Release Candidate -
the other was represented by MS as  The Release. This was the FIRST announced
final - different or not!  Actually, MicroSoft had previously stated that
the 950 r6 MIGHT be the final and it appears this was correct.

Although the substance may be the same, MS saw fit to FedEx 2 seperate 
copies - with totally different labels and packaging.

A call to MS today brought another revelation.  Although they announced 
the code was sealed and sent to the packager last week - today an insider
says there may yet be another Release Candidate - so what else is new.

If you want to save your bytes and credits - then take the 950 r6 and
be happy that you have a copy of the code that was announced later in
the week to be the FINAL. If you want the first copy that MicroSoft announced
as final (probably the first of many, many, more) then take the NTA release.
It appears to be 6 of one and half-dozen of the other.. i.e. no difference
in substance. However, for prosperity, I have 2 CDRoms - labeled differently 
- sent by MS four days apart -  Just part of the hype I guess.  

The only thing that is certain is that it WAS from a later release by
MS, labeled differently, and purported to be the FINAL.  Certainly no
one would THINK of spending hours to package and upload a DUPE knowing that
every hacker in the world would be inspecting with a microscope!

For those who have use for them, we are now releasing the ADMIN, DATALINK
and DRIVER files from the "Release" CDRom.  If you can use them, enjoy!
If you have NO use for them - or wish to wait and get them from the store
bought disk... then leave this Release.  DO NOT start bitching that they 
are the same as the 950 r6 - since they probably ARE!

The NTA TEAM!




