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super-dave writes:
>
>Commercial software companies are soaking Joe PeeCee as well as
>corporations, and the only difference is that Ford Motor Company can
>afford $500 per computer for a word processing package.

The high profile software market is not necessarily the best
one for individual consumers.  In a way, the slew of PC magazines
which emphasize products from Microsoft, Borland, Lotus, etc., is
hurting the the market.  You can get excellent software from
less visible companies if you are willing to look around.  PC Write 
is still a good deal.  Ditto for 4DOS, The $25 Network, Power BASIC,
etc.  Smaller companies who don't get the benefit of free
adverstising often try harder to please their customers.  And
those big packages like Microsoft Word are usually overkill
for someone that doesn't need to produce newsletters and annual
reports.

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James Hague   
exuhag@exu.ericsson.se