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From: ralf@b.gp.cs.cmu.edu (Ralf Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Word For Windows
Message-ID: <5782@pt.cs.cmu.edu>
Date: 8 Aug 89 00:02:33 GMT
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In article <111700132@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> mms00786@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
}Bill Gates lies...
}
}I think we have the press to blame for that. Lasttime Bill Gates tried to
}tell the truth (Word for Mac, V 4.0), and couldn't meet the deadline, he lost
}175 *million* dollars on Microsoft stock. On the other hand, when OS/2 was
}released dead on schedule, he did not *make* a 175 mil.

On the other hand, I bet demand for Word is a lot bigger than demand for 
OS-half....
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