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- From: short@microcom.com (Todd Short)
- Subject: Re: Windows NT (Not a flame.)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul27.142046.9696@python.microcom.com>
- Sender: dan@python.microcom.com (Dan Bishop)
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- References: <1992Jul23.225620.27200@risky.ecs.umass.edu>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 14:20:46 GMT
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- In article 27200@risky.ecs.umass.edu, breck@spock.ecs.umass.edu (Liam Breck) writes:
- >maynard@esther.msc.cornell.edu (Maynard J. Handley) writes:
- >> [lots of interesting stuff about NT, Apple, OOP, etc...]
- >
- >Average consumers, academics and MISers don't buy operating systems,
- >IMHO. They look for a fast box and useable applications. Noone but
- >folks like us thinks about or even knows about the operating system.
- >To the rest of the world, the OS is part of the box. Hence, the OS
- >must come with the box to be successful. This is why MS has been
- >working so hard with manufacturers to have Windows come installed on
- >their boxes. Still, folks I know have Windows that came with their
- >machines, but they turn it off and start up plain vanilla WordPerfect
- >or 123 to do their work. To judge the success of Windows, OS/2, NT,
- >and Mac OS, let's look at the number of apps sold for each of those
- >systems last quarter (well, NT hasn't shipped yet). I don't have
- >references, but I'm willing to bet that Mac apps outsold all the
- >others combined. Anyone have details? Refute or support me!
-
- Considering the number of PC's vs. Macs, I'd say:
-
- DOS app sales > Mac app sales;
- DOS app sales > Windows app sales;
- Windows app sales ~ Max app sales;
- Mac app sales >> OS/2 app sales.
-
- >No offense intended to anyone. Please don't bother to flame, I won't
- >respond.
- >--
- >Liam Breck breck@zonker.ecs.umass.edu
- (Liam you can also reach me at short@zonker.ecs.umass.edu, unless they erased by
- account...)
- ---
- -Todd Short
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