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From: landers@zeus.mgmt.purdue.edu (Christopher Landers)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Ashton-Tate (was: Judge reverses ruling)
Message-ID: <1991May1.230810.22956@zeus.mgmt.purdue.edu>
Date: 1 May 91 23:08:10 GMT
References: <73539@brunix.UUCP> <2333@abcom.ATT.COM> <1991Apr29.204945.6346@dbase.a-t.com>
Organization: Krannert Graduate School of Management, Purdue University
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In article <1991Apr29.204945.6346@dbase.a-t.com> awd@dbase.a-t.com (Alastair Dallas) writes:
>In article <2333@abcom.ATT.COM>, mdb@abcom.ATT.COM (3030 ) writes:
>> From article <73539@brunix.UUCP>, by pew@cs.brown.edu (Peter E. Wagner):

>> A-T much like IBM has for years over charged for a 
>> product that was weak and slow.  
>
>Is IBM bad?  

No, they have just managed to convince the majority of the computer world to
pay more money for less product.  Having kept this up for decades, I'd say
they're doing something right, at least withing the realm of capitalism.

If A-T can fool the market with the same tatic, more power to them.  If you
don't like their product, don't buy it.  I was an A-T fan until the release
of dbIV, now I'm not.  I don't like the product; I don't use it; I don't 
recommend it.

I've read alot about Foxware on the net and in the trade rags, but I've yet
to actually ever see a copy of it anywhere.  I see dbIII+, IV and 
Clipper stuff all over.  


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