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- From: xtifr@netcom.com (Chris Waters)
- Subject: Re: Origins of IBM / Microsoft rift
- Message-ID: <r5nmfzl.xtifr@netcom.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 20:16:39 GMT
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- References: <BrJMAD.41E@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> <1992Jul18.001704.9600@sequent.com> <1992Jul25.005338.4298@microsoft.com> <1992Jul29.065821.24656@seas.gwu.edu>
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- In <1992Jul29.065821.24656@seas.gwu.edu> lai@seas.gwu.edu (William Y. Lai) writes:
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- >Let's be honest here, if Microsoft's apps group does not want to lend a hand
- >to the success of OS/2, just come out and say so. I, like most users, can
- >understand MS for not developing for a competing platform.
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- I would understand it a heck of a lot better if MS implemented this
- policy consistently. But they develop for the Mac, despite the fact
- that the presence of Excel (or whatever) for the Mac may mean less sales
- of Intel machines that might run NT.
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