[Info-vax] Dave Cutler, Prism, DEC, Microsoft, etc.

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In article <hdalqe$vah$01$1 at news.t-online.com>, Michael Kraemer <M.Kraemer at gsi.de> writes:
>Arne Vajhøj schrieb:
>> JF Mezei wrote:
>> 
>>> Microsoft is a one product company (ok there are game consoles too). So
>>> it is easy to set a single direction for the Windows suite (OS, Office 
>>> etc).
>> 
>> 
>> MS does a whole bunch of software: OS, office, database server,
>> mail server, web server, development tools. They support standard
>> x86-64, Itanium, embedded CPU's.
>> 
>> Calling that one product is not an accurate description.
>
>And if one takes away Windoze,
>what would remain of the above portfolio?
>Everything they do is windoze-centric.
>Or did I miss MS-Office for Linux?

Well, some of their WEENDOZE apps have sleazed the Apple Mac environment.

I have "iWorks" (an Apple suite) which does word processing, spreadsheet 
and presentations better, nicer and FAR cheaper than just the M$ W(ei)RD
offering on the Mac.  iWorks can output formats for WEENDOZE sans all of
the really nice features which are Mac-centric.  So, the old excuse that
one needs WEENDOZE because the rest of the world is using M$ W(ei)RD and
M$'s other "office" products is moot.  I have Open Office on Ubuntu and
I'm told it mimics M$'s Office quite well too.  Open Office is available
on Mac too.

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