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From: peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce)
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: 21 Mar 91 16:48:01 GMT
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In article <1991Mar21.052502.15366@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU>, mcgredo@prism.cs.orst.edu (Don McGregor) writes:
> 
>   Has anybody else noticed that MS tends to write apps for the Mac first, 
>   and then release them for the PC some time later?  For example, powerPoint,
>   MS Word graphical, Excel, MS Mail...

Minor correction: PowerPoint was not developed by Microsoft.  Someone
else developed it and then Microsoft bought the entire company.  A
similar thing happened with what is now Microsoft Mail.

-- michael

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