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From: long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long)
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: 20 Mar 91 21:19:32 GMT
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In article <1991Mar19.210944.18251@amd.com>, phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) writes...
>It does if you care about software availability. You can only
>run Excel 3 on Windows. Can't get it for Mac (yet).

 And this is a surprise to you? :-) Microsoft provides Windows for PCs. It also
 provides Word and Excel for both Macintosh and Windows. I am not shocked
 that Microsoft would provide upgrades first to Windows versions, and then
 to the Macintosh; it seems like good business on their part (note: I don't 
 have to like it, though).

 In any event, there are other good spreadsheets for the Mac, and I've heard
 Mac Excel 3.0 will be out when System 7 appears, because Excel takes
 advantage of System 7 features (I don't know this for a fact).


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