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#51505– Oxford Engl. Dictionary Message #51672

From: John Johanneson CDROM Forum · Macintosh June 29, 1993 7:53 AM

Originally it was set to ship last January, then it got pushed back to June. I called Oxford Electronic Publishing last week, and now they are saying August. The Windows version has been shipping since last fall.

#46521– Oxford English Dict Message #46670

From: John Johanneson CDROM Forum · Macintosh April 22, 1993 8:14 PM

I knew that it was originally set to ship in January, but when I did not see it appear I called in March and Oxford Electronic Pub. was saying June (I'm glad they still are). Even so, my only experience with OEP has been their Oxford Writer's Shelf for Mac,…

#17136– OED on CD-ROM Message #17297

From: John Johanneson CDROM Forum · General January 21, 1992 11:11 PM

Takeo, The data on the OED CD-ROM is the first edition, that is the one that was published around 1930. I don't believe that any of the supplements have been included. I've heard rumors that the 2nd (1990) edition of the OED on CD-ROM is currently in beta test at…