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- From: silbar@mpx2.lampf.lanl.gov (Dick Silbar)
- Subject: Re: WordPerfect Update (NOT!): No current volume - No NeXT V6.0
- Message-ID: <21JUL199208552982@mpx2.lampf.lanl.gov>
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- Organization: LAMPF Data Analysis Center, Los Alamos, New Mexico
- References: <1992Jul17.225609.28765@leland.Stanford.EDU> <1992Jul20.152102.27808@bmw.mayo.edu>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 14:55:00 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul20.152102.27808@bmw.mayo.edu>, brunkhorst@mayo.edu writes...
- # <prolog deleted>
- #
- #The comments as elicited on this thread are exactly what they are looking for.
- #In discussions with them on Friday, it seems Brent took my comments yesterday
- #to a development planning meeting. Since 50% of the development team (for ALL
- #6.0 development, PC, Mac, Unix, OS/2 and VMS included) uses NeXT computers,
- #they were quite sympathetic to my plea, and my comment that it seems completing
- #a product on the platform where all the developers are comfortable, and it's
- #easier to develop and maintain is a no-brainer.
- #
- #Brent did say that that WP sales have been flat and just below the line of
- #profitability.
- #
- #My opinions were:
- #
- # <nice discussion deleted>
-
- One thing about this thread that confuses me (and which I don't recall seeing
- mentioned): wasn't one of the stated reasons for unbundling WriteNow from the
- NeXT OS distribution that the WordPerfect people were complaining about
- the unfair competition?
-
- Dick Silbar
-