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- From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
- Subject: Re: Amiga now kicks PC butt.
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- Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 00:09:11 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov29.154531.4346@global.hacktic.nl> peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser) writes:
- >davei@comp.lancs.ac.uk (Mr D Ingles) writes:
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- >>And how about an explination why it doesn't sell as well as the 486's if
- >>it 'kicks the '486 rear all over the place.'
- >
- >Because it's partly a proprietary system, just like IBM's PS/2s. Open Systems
- >are the way to go. Look at what is going to happen with Sparc systems the next
- >few years...
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- The biggest reason, perhaps, is lack of software. What sells computers
- isn't fancy video stuff, its office productivity software. Sad but true..
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