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Re:How Doom didn't kill the Amiga by jboy55 on Saturday February 03, 2024 @11:28PM (#39247623)
The Mac barely survived Wintel, so its not that apt of a comparison. If Microsoft didn't port Word/Excel over, I don't think we'd have many options now.
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Re:How Doom didn't kill the Amiga by scarface_74 on Sunday February 04, 2024 @01:22AM (#39248067)
This is also not what happened. Office was available for the Mac first in 1989 and later came to Windows.

PowerPoint was original a Mac app that was acquired by MS.

Word was available on the Mac in 1985.

What you are probably thinking about is the deal that Jobs brokered when he came back for MS to continue supporting the Mac

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Re:How Doom didn't kill the Amiga by kalleboo on Sunday February 04, 2024 @01:40AM (#39248152)
Excel was also originally written for the Mac. Microsoft's DOS spreadsheet was called Multiplan, and was an also-ran next to Lotus 1-2-3.
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