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- From: thayne@unislc.uucp (Thayne Forbes)
- Subject: Re: Origins of IBM / Microsoft rift
- References: <1992Jul21.101259.2488@cs.hw.ac.uk>
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.234116.3461@unislc.uucp>
- Organization: Unisys Corporation SLC
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 23:41:16 GMT
- Lines: 19
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- From article <1992Jul21.101259.2488@cs.hw.ac.uk>, by neilp@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Postlethwaite):
- > In article <BrJMAD.41E@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> cebarton@laplace.waterloo.edu (Casey Barton) writes:
- >>
- >> My understanding is that Bill Gates has stated that MS will begin
- >>developing for OS/2 2.0 once sales hit the 2 million mark.
- >
- > Ford will start making parts for General Motors, and the Devil will Ski
- > to work ....
- >
- Don't bet on it. Mrs. Gates didn't raise no fools. Recall that until
- about '86 Microsoft was making more money selling Mac apps than DOS.
- My guess is that Bill will not let any market with 2 million users fall
- by the wayside. Just MHO.
-
- --
- "If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."
- -U.S. Vice President J. Danforth Quayl[e]
- Thayne Forbes
- thayne@unislc.slc.unisys.com
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