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From: Lachlan Cranswick
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 03:18

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stephen@eggneb.astro.ucla.edu (Stephen Schimpf) writes:

>In article <1992Aug24.183216.18299@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> dab6@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas A. Bell) writes:
>>

>Word for Windows, Excel, Visual BASIC. Hmm. If this is "average to poor
>quality" I'd *love* to see some great-quality software. I don't think
>Microsoft can do no wrong, but I am happy with all of the MS software I
>own. (Then again, I have to use UNIX at work, so anything I can run on my
>PC seems wonderful).

>Stephen


What about the 15 Meg of RAM Word for Windows 2
takes up.  Sounds like damm crappy ineffecient
code to me.
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