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From: tim@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Maroney)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Mac Multitasking? (Silly expletive deleted)
Message-ID: <2827@hoptoad.uucp>
Date: Wed, 26-Aug-87 01:47:19 EDT
Article-I.D.: hoptoad.2827
Posted: Wed Aug 26 01:47:19 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 28-Aug-87 00:39:57 EDT
References: <2793@hoptoad.uucp> <1374@killer.UUCP>
Reply-To: tim@hoptoad.UUCP (Tim Maroney)
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In article <1374@killer.UUCP> elg@killer.UUCP (Eric Green) writes:
>in article <2793@hoptoad.uucp>, tim@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Maroney) says:
>>  No wonder
>> the Amiga's not providing a serious challenge; ease of use for
>> non-technocrats is what counts today.
>
>Uh, is that why MS-DOS machines are STILL outselling Macs by more than 2-1
>margin? Because they are easy to use?  

It's because of the large installed base and the large base of software.
However, I believe that the Mac can truly be said to have MS/DOS on the run.
It is also worth noting that PCs are becomimg more and more Mac-like in
order to compete, if you've been keeping up with PC software developments.
-- 
Tim Maroney, {ihnp4,sun,well,ptsfa,lll-crg,frog}!hoptoad!tim (uucp)
hoptoad!tim@lll-crg (arpa)