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From: jonka@microsoft.UUCP (Jonathan KAGLE)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Two Millionth Amiga Sold
Summary: Buying off manufacturers doesn't work
Keywords: Rumors
Message-ID: <59513@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 3 Dec 90 19:57:12 GMT
References: <1990Nov19.132121.373@darwin.ntu.edu.au> <39975@ut-emx.uucp> <1990Nov20.155840.5249@watdragon.waterloo.edu> <1990Nov21.222141.17188@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Reply-To: jonka@microsoft.UUCP (Jonathan KAGLE)
Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA
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In article <1990Nov21.222141.17188@IRO.UMontreal.CA> martin@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Daniel Martin) writes:
>NeXT went to Lotus maker's with a little check, and asked for the port.
>
>   I heard that Commodore recently discovered this technique... 
>(rumors...)  :-)

Let's hope not.  Atari bought Microsoft Write for the ST and it has had 
virtually no impact on the marketplace.  About ten years ago, Radio Shack 
paid big bucks (I seem to remember $100,000) to get VisiCalc on the TRS-80, 
and it lost money on the deal.

       -Jonathan