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From: rost@aqua.enet.dec.com (My name is Brian Rost)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Another Atari write-in campaign...
Message-ID: <5349@ryn.mro4.dec.com>
Date: 25 Jun 91 12:57:56 GMT
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Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
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In article <91175.115025ONM07@DMSWWU1A.BITNET>, ONM07@DMSWWU1A.BITNET writes...
>Please don't blame the `germans'. WP is mainly an american company, and
>if they can't succeed in the U.S., they won't in Germany either.
> 
>BTW: I would *love* to see a new WP on GEM!
>___________________________ cut here _____________________________________
>Julian F. Reschke, Hensenstr. 142, D-4400 Muenster, Phone: ++49 251 861241
>fast eMail: ONM07@DMSWWU1A.BITNET,    slow: jr@ms.maus.de (++49 251 77216)
>____________________ correct me if I'm wrong _____________________________

Julian,

WordPerfect is doing fine in the US, just not on ST platforms!  It's a real hot
seller in V5.0 for the IBM.  I guess the developers don't see enough $$$ in
doing an ST version, and that's that.

If this keeps up, pretty soon, I'm going to have to write all my own
application software  8;(

					Brian Rost @rgb.dec.com

					508-568-6115

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