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From: martin@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Daniel Martin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Two Millionth Amiga Sold
Keywords: Rumors
Message-ID: <1990Nov21.222141.17188@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Date: 21 Nov 90 22:21:41 GMT
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In article <1990Nov20.155840.5249@watdragon.waterloo.edu> sjorr@lion.uwaterloo.ca (Stephen Orr) writes:
>Let's not write off this machine before we get started. You mention 'Lotus'
>perhaps not a very good example, Lotus is available on the NeXT, a machine
>with FAR fewer units sold in any country, obviously Lotus is using something
>else to decide when and where to develop.

   They simply base their decision on money.  As I heard (rumors...)
NeXT went to Lotus maker's with a little check, and asked for the port.

   I heard that Commodore recently discovered this technique... 
(rumors...)  :-)

	Daniel.
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