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Article #829Re: Guilty, 'til proven guilty
From: spike1
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 00:00
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 00:00
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In the sacred domain of uk.comp.os.linux, Paul Smith didst eloquently scribe: >> Weren't some of the MS applications, eg excel, originally written for >> the Mac then later ported to Windows? Also, IIRC, MS have been a major >> supplier of MAC software right from the start. > Do you mean major in the sense that they were the _only_ other software > supplier on the Mac... ;-P What about Aldus, Adobe and Claris (to name but three). -- ______________________________________________________________________________ | spike1@freenet.co.uk | | | Andrew Halliwell BSc | "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't | | in | suck is probably the day they start making | | Computer science | vacuum cleaners" - Ernst Jan Plugge | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |GCv3.12 GCS>$ d-(dpu) s+/- a C++ US++ P L/L+ E-- W+ N++ o+ K PS+ w-- M+/++ | |PS+++ PE- Y t+ 5++ X+/X++ R+ tv+ b+ DI+ D+ G e++ h/h+ !r!| Space for hire | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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From: spike1@freenet.co.uk
Subject: Re: Guilty, 'til proven guilty
Date: 2000/04/06
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