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Article #31830Re: Mac games [Was: Crystal Quest]
From: Fred Hollander
Date: Sun, 04 Sep 1988 00:24
Date: Sun, 04 Sep 1988 00:24
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>> Microsoft has indicated that they don't intend to update Flight Simulator >> for the II/SE. (They lied -- at one time they had said that they would >> update ALL their programs to work on the II/SE) >> > >Hmm, I'd really like to know your source of information. I have never seen a >press release to indicate that Microsoft had no intention of releasing an >upgrade to Flight Simulator. I'd really appreciate knowing where you found >out this information. Or is this another case of vendor bashing? Here's a quote from MacWorld, April 1988: "We want to bring that product [Flight Simulator] up to date with the capabilities of the Mac, but it's not mainstream business for us" - Bill Gates. It doesn't say they won't upgrade, just that it's not high on their priorities. Fred Hollander Computer Science Center Texas Instruments, Inc. holland%ti-csl@csnet-rela The above statements are my own and not representative of Texas Instruments.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!killer!pollux!ti-csl!mips!holland From: holland@mips.csc.ti.com (Fred Hollander) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Mac games [Was: Crystal Quest] Message-ID: <57946@ti-csl.CSNET> Date: 4 Sep 88 00:24:24 GMT References: <1838@hodge.UUCP> Sender: news@ti-csl.CSNET Reply-To: holland@mips.UUCP (Fred Hollander) Organization: TI Computer Science Center, Dallas Lines: 21