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- Subject: Re: 300,000 sold in ten days
- Message-ID: <1992Sep3.115634.15847@actrix.gen.nz>
- From: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 11:56:34 GMT
- Sender: Steve.Withers@actrix.gen.nz (Steve Withers)
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- In article <hatton.715367784@cgl.ucsf.edu> hatton@socrates.ucsf.edu (Tom Hatton) writes:
- > Re: Gateway bundles DOS/Win, not OS/2.
- >
- > Well, it's not as if MS is clean in this numbers game - how about the
- > zillions of Win copies apparently gathering dust in Egghead stores? They
- > get added in to that marvelous MS total too. Ok, they were "sold" to
- > Egghead, but if they languish on shelves (and Egghead seems disappointed
- > with 3.1 sales, so apparently they are) then it doesn't signify, at least
- > for me. And of course, the real nub - use level, which is very difficult
- > to estimate for either Win or OS/2, so speculate you heart out.
- >
- > Plus, Gateway may not put OS/2 on, but Dell does. And I wonder how long
- > it will be before Gateway does... my guess is that most clone shops will
- > be offering OS/2 bundled by early next year.
- >
- > Not flamage Bert, just comments :-)
- >
- > Tom
-
-
- Judging from numerous postings in this group and others, Gateway may not be
- bundling OS/2 because it won't run consistently on their hardware.
-
- Just a thought.
-
- Steve
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