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In <DDwHG2.G9H@dorsai.org> hunter@news.dorsai.org (Woodrow Shin)
writes: 
>
>Alan Lovejoy (lovejoya@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
>: In <41lq80$abo@nnrp1.primenet.com> english@primenet.com (Lawson
>: English) writes: 
>: >
>: >Woodrow Shin (hunter@news.dorsai.org) wrote:
>: >
>: >: 	The Power Mac will never trounce the Pentium as long as Pentium 
>: >: users enjoy a larger selection of software titles.  PC users will
>: always 
>: >: get first or equal dibs, on any software that comes out for the
>: desktop.  
>: >: And as long as PC users enjoy that first taste, they will always
be 
>: >: superior to Mac users.  For instance does the Power Mac trounce
the 
>: >: Pentium when running USNF?  Nope, because Power mac users don't
have
>
>: >: USNF.
>
>: By this reasoning, CPM users have it all over WinDos users :-)
>
>	I never heard of the acronym - CPM.  I assume it must not be 
>mainstream.

CPM: Control Program for Microcomputers.  A microcomputer operating
system developed by Gary Killdall/Digital Research in the mid seventies
for the first generation of microcomputers.  It was the first operating
system that dominated the microcomputer market.  It wasn't until 1983
that MS-DOS clearly eclipsed it--and it was widely used for several
years thereafter.  The fact that most new apps were developed first for
CPM--and then maybe for other operating systems--did not save it from
being overtaken MS-DOS.  That was my point.

The Apple II made significant inroads against CPM because the VisiCalc
spreadsheet was originally available only for Apple IIs.  People came
to the computer store and asked to buy the "Visicalc Machine."  Same
thing happened with Lotus 123 and the IBM PC.

One way to catalyze a change from WinDOS to some worthy rival would be
a performance advantage of 4 to 1, price parity, and a reasonable
supply of the high-quality apps for the competing OS.

The PowerPC meets 3 out of the 4 requirements already.  It may achieve
the final one in the post-604/620 generation--about mid 1997.

>: >
>: >So how does Poser do on a Pentium?
>: >
>: >How's QuickDraw GX doing?
>: >
>: >How many multiple-language wordprocessors do you have?
>: >
>: >Etc?
>: >
>: >: Does that explain my point?
>: >Hmmm? You were saying?
>
>	Are you saying that the Power Mac, has a greater of selection of 
>software for mainstream users then the Pentium?
>
>: >Lawson English                            __  __     ____  ___     
 
The point is that quality, performance, ease of use and power are more
important than quantity.  Most of those WinDos apps are 16-bit
segment-bound monstrosities.  Strategically, they represent a detriment
and a hindrance, not an advantage.


>: >english@primenet.com                     /__)/__) / / / / /_  /\  /
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>: Empires rise, empires fall.  It's a natural process.  The question
>: isn't whether WinDos will be supplanted by a worthy successor.  It's
>: when, and by what?
>
>	Good question.  Who knows.
>
>-Woodrow
>