Re: why does everybody hate microsoft?

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From: thompson
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 23:28

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In article <1992Aug27.031845.3397@dmp.csiro.au>, lachlan@dmp.csiro.au (Lachlan Cranswick) writes:
> stephen@eggneb.astro.ucla.edu (Stephen Schimpf) writes:
> 
> 
> What about the 15 Meg of RAM Word for Windows 2
> takes up.  Sounds like damm crappy ineffecient
> code to me.

Word uses 15 megs of RAM?  You mean Hard disk space.  And 15 megs
seems to be around the norm for high end word processors now.  Don't
get me wrong, I dislike Microsoft, too.  Ami Pro 3.0 is tons better
than Word for Windows.  Just wanted to point out the inconsistency.

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>   Lachlan Cranswick  -  CSIRO             _--_|\  lachlan@dmp.CSIRO.AU
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Subject: Re: why does everybody hate microsoft?
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