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In article <1992Nov16.195857.10289@urbana.mcd.mot.com> willcox@urbana.mcd.mot.com (David A Willcox) writes:
[quoting Mike Steiner:]
>>Microsoft Works had a 90% market share before ClarisWorks was introduced. 
>>Now ClarisWorks has a 75% market share.  Some of this is due to marketting
>>activities, but most of it is due to the solidity of the product.
>
>How much of this had to do with the facts that (1) ClarisWorks came
>out several months before MSWorks 2.0, and (2) Claris and Apple have a
>rather closer relationship than MS and Apple.  (How many copies of
>MSWorks have been "given away" with Performas?)

I think you mean MSWorks *3.0* not 2.0.  I've used MSWorks 2.0, 3.0, and
ClarisWorks, and ClarisWorks is by far the best.  In many cases, dealers
are now trying to "push" MSWorks onto their Mac customers--that may
change the market share figures a bit in the short term, but the quality
of the products will ensure that CW keeps a large market share over the
long term.


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Robert W. Quesal, Ph.D.           mfrwq@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu 
Western Ill. U.                   mfrwq@ecnuxa.bitnet
                                  R-Quesal@bgu.edu