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- From: lupe@ukw.uucp (Lupe Christoph)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
- Subject: Re: SPARCClassic vs. 486
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.204425.6301@ukw.uucp>
- Date: 12 Nov 92 20:44:25 GMT
- References: <1992Nov11.202440.6147@zia.aoc.nrao.edu> <kzin.721535677@cc.gatech.edu> <BxLvG1.C44@pgroup.com>
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- lfm@pgroup.com (Larry Meadows) writes:
-
- >I agree that the prices are competitive between sparc and 486 systems,
- >but I think the dearth of user-level software is still a problem. Does
- >anyone have info on cost of things like Lotus, Microsoft Word (if available),
- >accounting software, etc. for sparcs vs. PCs.
-
- Microsoft will only implement Word et al for Unix over Bill Gates' dead
- body. (Now, *there* is an invitation...)
-
- >Of course, Macs are better anyway :-).
-
- I had to sysadmin one once. Made me go freelance ;-) Actually I found
- the user interface as contrived as they go. No drag and drop (I believe
- they added this in V7?). You double click a document and the corresponding
- program is started. You double click another one of the same type and you
- get an error message!
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