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- From: snail@lsl.co.uk
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
- Subject: Re: Solaris 2 vs Windows NT: Sun is losing the desktop on price
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.124317.2960@lsl.co.uk>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 12:43:17 GMT
- References: <1jf1l0INN6ak@gap.caltech.edu> <1993Jan20.151816.4156@asd.com>
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- In article <1993Jan20.151816.4156@asd.com>, scott@asd.com (Scott Barman) writes:
- > It's more than Sun, the entire industry has to wake up to this fact. If
- > they don't we will be living the computing vision of Billy Gates. Now
- > that's scary!
-
- Yup
-
- > [NOTE: So far, I've found only WordPerfect to be priced the same on a PC
- > (list: $495) as on a PC under Windows as on a Sun under OpenWindows as
- > on a RS/6000 under Motif. Kudos to WordPerfect!]
-
- Pity it's such a naff product though. I had to use for two years a while back.
- I've since had to wrestle with it here (occasionally). My parents have
- Word for Windows 3.1. This is lovely, it's WYSIWYG and neat. Sure its by
- Microsoft, but it's obvious what to do (just like on my Atari) unlike
- WordDefect (as it's known here).
- --
- snail@lsl.co.uk
-
- "Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless
- means to side with the powerful, not to be Neutral."
- Quote by Freire.
- Poster by OXFAM.
-