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From: diamant@cwruecmp.UUCP (John Diamant)
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Subject: Re: CP/M-86 & Final Word Query
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Date: Wed, 28-Sep-83 01:45:45 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 28 01:45:45 1983
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I can't give any information on the Final Word or running CP/M-86
because I use MS-DOS.  As to the question of why the price of CP/M-86
was dropped to $60, it was to make it competitive with MS-DOS.  I don't
have the statistics available, but I believe MS-DOS was significantly
outselling CP/M-86, and this is an attempt to gain some more of the
market share.  Considering the flexibility of DOS 2.0 (also $60) and the
original price of CP/M, Digital Research was pricing themselves out of
the market.

					John Diamant
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