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From: phil@diablo.amd.com (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Is the XT dead?
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Date: 29 Sep 89 21:25:21 GMT
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In article <2576@netcom.UUCP> harnyo@netcom.UUCP (Suwandi Harnyo) writes:
|In my opinion, as long as the 8088/8086 based machines constitute
|more than 50% of the total PCs out there, I would not worry too
|much. The reason is if I am the software developer, I would make
|sure that my software would run on all type of PCs, instead of
|abandoning the other 50% of the potential market.

Oh yeah? Try running a windows application on an XT. It's not pretty.
If MicroSloth ever gets Words for Windows out, XTs will become very
unpopular. Excel is currently the most notable reason for running
Windows, and a pretty good one too. 

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Phil Ngai, phil@diablo.amd.com		{uunet,decwrl,ucbvax}!amdcad!phil
"Should the US send assault rifles to Colombia? How about small arms?"