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From: rcpieter@svin02.info.win.tue.nl (Tiggr)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Horsepower Needed for MS-DOSREAD/NEW/FOLLOWUP
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Date: 7 Dec 90 21:31:27 GMT
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herrickd@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com writes:

>And it is up to us to figure out (or invent) what this means and
>bring some of this incredible power into the reach of the masses.

The problem is that the technical people can produce whatever great
things they want; the masses will only buy what their neighbour buys
_or_ what the marketing creap tells them to buy _or_ what bears those
horrible three letters.

Proof: the technically great machine I'm using...

Tiggr