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Re: (OT) The giant steps down before the crash
de Frater Mus 06/16/2006 11:42
On 2006-06-16, <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> wrote:
>> hhmm. I wonder if there's data available to show that the downfall
>> of a software company begins when its products become bloatware?
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> I would never understand why M$ Word was so big compared to the good old
> WordPerfect 5.1 (if not 6.0). WP 5.1 could be fitted on a 1.4M diskette
> that offers more or less the same amount of features as in Word!
WordPerfect 5.1 was truly great; perhaps my favorite piece of software
ever.
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