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From: ifarqhar@sunb.mqcc.mq.oz.au (Ian Farquhar)
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Subject: Re: When will new WordPerfect be available?
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Date: 14 Jan 91 22:19:30 GMT
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In article <1991Jan14.002805.1@ccvax.iastate.edu> taab5@ccvax.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett) writes:
>   The really sad part of this is that other big-name companies like
>Microsoft, Lotus, Aldus, and Adobe will probably never write software
>for the Amiga, because one big-name company tried to support the Amiga
>and lost a lot of money.

Yes, but it was WordPerfects amazing stupidity that lost money.  Let's
look at a prime example of how to release a product that nobody will
loose money:

a)  Release a product that does not support the user interface of the
    target machine properly.
b)  Release an older version of a product when newer versions are being
    released one other machines.
c)  Promise updates versions and don't deliver.

I am also getting to the point where I seriously believe that a company
that announces a product (eg. Borland) should be legally held to
producing that product.  I am 90% certain that this view is legally
upholdable, if only from the point that the original announcement was
false advertising.

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