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Re: OS/2 2.0 is here! READ THIS, you'll be impressed

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From: Ron Dippold
Date: Fri, 10 May 1991 06:16
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In article <12151@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> lairdkb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird) writes:
>In article <1991May8.210437.24333@qualcomm.com> rdippold@lajolla.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) writes:
>>If my previous experiences with IBM software is any indication, I want nothing
>>of applications software written by them (to name just one, I still have night
>>mares about DisplayWrite)
>
>The new DisplayWrite is being written by XyQuest, makers of XyWrite - that
>wonderfully quick and powerful word processor with the loyal (and wierd)
>following.

Really!  That sounds like an excellent idea, for them to bring in some app-
lications developers.  Maybe you _can_ put a Laborghini engine in a Pinto.

Come to think of it, the Patriot Partners deal might produce some decent
results, as well.
-- 
Standard disclaimer applies, you legalistic hacks.     |     Ron Dippold
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Subject: Re: OS/2 2.0 is here! READ THIS, you'll be impressed
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