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- From: scdorcy@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (JAMES DORCEY)
- Subject: Re: SPA Data, was Gates Interview
- Message-ID: <21DEC199217290555@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov>
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- References: <1992Dec12.085137.2160@ccsvax.sfasu.edu> <92339.004553MICHAELB@UCF1VM.BITNET> <1992Dec10.184840.22816@microsoft.com> <1992Dec17.225027.13363@microsoft.com>
- Date: 21 Dec 1992 17:29 EST
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- In article <1992Dec17.225027.13363@microsoft.com>, dwightm@microsoft.com
- (Dwight Matheny) writes...
- >A lot of us at MS believe that the SPA data is the best snapshot of what's
- >happening in the software industry. It's simply the best data we have
- >available to us. No data is perfect. SPA data is much better than say,
- >data from distributors (Merisel's "Hot List" for example) because distributor
- >data doesn't include direct sales, OEM sales, or international sales (which
- >make up more than 50% of our revenues.)
-
- Then do you agree that WordPerfect for DOS consistently outsells DOS 5 and
- Windows 3.1?
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