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From: es1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
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Subject: Re: Buying more market share for the Amiga
Keywords: Lotus
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Date: 26 Jun 91 22:37:10 GMT
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In article <1991Jun26.181958.29770@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> griffin@frith.egr.msu.edu (Danny Griffin) writes:
>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. 
>
	How would you know how much WordPerfect charged? It isn't
public information. You don't even say "I have a secret source".
It doesn't raise your image to claim to know things that, if you
knew, you shouldn't mention.
	Besides, word processing is a more generic-need market.
Lotus would probably have a hard time competing in the Amiga
market, not on the issue of software quality, but price. Gold
Disk Advantage and <yech> MaxiPlan do what most people need.
Lotus would need to count on bringing new users to the Amiga
market, as I don't see them recouping their costs based on what
we have now.
	-- Ethan

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