But Excel2000 has a LOT more functionality than Lotus 123 version 1 had!
Plus Lotus 123 ver 1 cost (not counting inflation) MORE then than the
professional version of Office 2000 (including Word, PowerPoint and Access)
cost now!! PLUS the 8086 PC cost 3 times (not counting inflation) MORE than
my p3-800 PC !!! IF you consider inflation where the dollar is now only hlaf
as valuable, I think things have gotten MUCH better, and this is a bad
comparison, don't you Paul?
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Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 11:47 PM
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Subject: Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux
On Fri, 29 Dec 2000, Revenant wrote:
>> Have you noticed that the OS is getting bigger and bigger? They are
>> pushing our resources to their limits.
>
> <shrug> Our resource limits are increasing. Most software aims to
>take maximum advantage of the hardware available. Now that the industry
>standard machine is a PIII, I'd be disappointed if the OS didn't have
>additional functionality.
But not more speed.
Lotus 1.2.3 version 1 that ran on the original 8086 is equally fast as
excel2000 on the 800Mhz P-III.
Paul
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