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To: Dwight E. Karlsen who wrote (7111)	5/14/1998 10:08:00 AM
From: Moominoid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

The Wintel industry is broad, large, and compatible, so I have even have choices when I pick which industry-specific software package to buy. Mac OS? Fine for graphics professionals, word processing, spreadsheets. But that's about it I think. No offense meant. It's just pretty useless for my purposes. I still use my Mac for econometric modelling. But yes my favorite package (RATS) hasn't yet been updated for PowerPC native code operation. There is a beta out there somewhere.... I've even resorted to running the DOS version under emulation on my Mac for some new procedures. David

To: Dwight E. Karlsen who wrote (7111)	5/15/1998 3:04:00 AM
From: nommedeguerre	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Dwight, >>The Wintel industry is broad, large, and compatible, so I have even have choices when I pick which industry-specific software package to buy. Mac OS? Fine for graphics professionals, word processing, spreadsheets. But that's about it I think. No offense meant. It's just pretty useless for my purposes. If 95% of the population chooses Windows that's fine; but 95% of the people did not choose Internet Explorer. Why is it the default browser tied to the OS with no other option offered through the OEM's? Clearly new computer purchases leave little choice as to installed software due to the Windows OEM contracts. What's to keep Microsoft from slipping Word97 into the same contract until WordPerfect bites the dust? No one will pay for WordPerfect if Word97 is free and comes with the machine. Take it easy, Norm