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- From: miarrobi@cvbnet.prime.com (Mike Iarrobino)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
- Subject: Re: SPARCClassic vs. 486
- Message-ID: <4318@cvbnetPrime.COM>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 22:09:34 GMT
- References: <1992Nov14.134521.16608@uhura1.uucp>
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- > bryan@uhura1.uucp (Bryan Curnutt) writes:
- > Microsoft, last I had heard, has categorically stated that they will
- > not produce any software for Suns. The potential market volume just
- > isn't anywhere near the levels they want in order to justify the work.
- > Other software companies such as Lotus are, fortunately, less
- > snobbish about platform and more willing to provide what their
- > customers want.
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- But then Lotus sells a lot more copies of 1-2-3 then Microsoft sells of Excell ;-)
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