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From: griffin@frith.egr.msu.edu (Danny Griffin)
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Subject: Re: Buying more market share for the Amiga
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es1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes:

>	If it only cost a couple of hundred thousand of dollars
>then I'd agree with you, but I'd doubt it.

WordPerfect cost 3x or 4x that to port I believe.  They did recoup their
investment initially, but I certainly don't think 1-2-3 would sell as well
as WordPerfect. 

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Dan Griffin
griffin@frith.egr.msu.edu