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From: torrie@cs.stanford.edu (Evan Torrie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: give me solid facts: why is the mac better than MeSsy DOS/WINDOWS
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Date: 1 Mar 91 08:43:48 GMT
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strobl@gmdzi.gmd.de (Wolfgang Strobl) writes:

>So does Windows. Windows 1, which had the same Clipboard support as Windows 3,
>was announced before the Mac came out, 

  But AFTER the Lisa...

>and was finally delivered one year after the Mac - five years ago.

  The Mac was delivered in January 1984... 7 years ago.



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