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From: anders@verity.com (Anders Wallgren)
Subject: Re: Apple Computer wins ruling against 'Windows'
Reply-To: anders@verity.com (Anders Wallgren)
Organization: Verity, Inc., Mountain View, CA
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 91 03:27:19 GMT
Message-ID: <1991Mar20.032719.19802@verity.com>
In-Reply-To: rubinoff@linc.cis.upenn.edu (Robert Rubinoff)
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In article <39397@netnews.upenn.edu>, rubinoff@linc (Robert Rubinoff) writes:
>In article <1991Mar19.064322.12208@verity.com> anders@verity.com (Anders Wallgren) writes:
>>  This doesn't
>>mean that Microsoft will never catch up, however.  In fact, they
>>already have - they've shipped over 3 million copies of Windows 3.0
>>already, compared to about 2.5-2.75 for the Mac.  Look at Europe, for
>>example.
>
>Yes, but how many of these copies were given away for free and/or sit on the
>shelf unused?  The question isn't how many copies of Windows have been shipped;
>it's how many actually get used.
>
>


That's a valid point, but then, how many copies of the MacOS have been
given away for free?  They come with the hardware, you know.  Of
course, they're hardly sitting on people shelves, unless the Macs
themselves are sitting right next to them...

I know, not a stunning rebuttal, but then your point is only
semi-valid, since, no matter how they got there, or how many people
leave the package unopened, the fact is that Windows have made a large
entrace in the marketplace, and people ARE clamoring for Windows
applications, especially since Windows seems to be a fairly popular
migration path for the millions of corporate users who have DOS
machines on their desks.

Don't get me wrong - I program Macintoshes for a living, but I'm
trying not to get myopic enough to think that my (highly positive)
opinion of the Macintosh has anything to do with the purchasing
decisions of major corporate buyers...as I said before: if you want to
serve the market, program for all popular interfaces.

Anders Wallgren
Verity, Inc.