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From: tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: Reviewer needed for Lotus 1-2-3 for UNIX
Message-ID: <15686@bfmny0.BFM.COM>
Date: 19 Jul 90 04:57:44 GMT
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Reply-To: tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff)
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In article <58@maxx.UUCP> tyager@maxx.UUCP (Tom Yager) writes:
>BYTE magazine has scheduled a review for Lotus' new release of 1-2-3 for UNIX.
>The reviewer must be equipped with a 386 or 486-based system running SCO
>System V (or Open Desktop) with enough memory and disk to operate the software
>efficiently.

Good luck with the review, but I have to question a couple of things here.

 * Does Lotus say their 1-2-3 is only for SCO UNIX?  If not, why is SCO
   UNIX specifically required for the review?  Has BYTE unilaterally
   decided that SCO is the only UNIX worth checking?

 * How is the reviewer supposed to know in advance how much disk and
   memory you really need to operate a new 1-2-3 release "efficiently"?
   Isn't that the point of the review?

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