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Re: How Microsoft Beat WordPerfect/The Evidence



  In reply to Charles Kelly, NT*Pro's message sent 11/8/97 10:15 AM:
  
  >I really don't think it took the computer manufacturers very long to figure
  >out that they could get a much, much better price per unit if they could
  >license with Microsoft to pre-install Windows on all the computers they
  >sold.
  
  "Figure out?" Microsoft didn't give them an opportunity to figure this 
  out -- it was mandatory.
  
     Mitch Stone
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