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    15-May-90  10:00:32
Sb: #3449-#OS9 A/O Uniflex???
Fm: Paul K. Ward 73477,2004
To: Colin Smith 73777,1360 (X)

Colin,

The current plan is to include a high level language in the base case system,
and to include ANOTHER high level language in the second board package, making
a full system come with TWO languages.

Plus, we will be selling a language currently selling extremely well on MS-DOS
machines.

Pricing?  Will let you know the REAL price in about a month. We have found that
certain items are costing less, others more.

We want to find a price that gives you guys a break but also allows us to hire
FULL TIME PROGRAMMERS to crank out cool stuff.

Incidentally, we already have several people from Atari, Amiga, and PC domains
itching to get a system.

Looks like the application support, esp. on the multimedia side, will be
outrageous.

I hate UNIX too, because it has made itself inconsistent and quirky at the
Shell level which is where I spend most of my time. I am sorry, but I like the
OS-9 convention of keeping executables together, instead of littering them all
about. I mean, why have /usr, /bin, /misc, and so on?

But I'm just being a stick in the mud. UNIX will be on five times as many
desktops in two years as it is now. And if you look into Personal Computing
Magazine this month, you'll see that MS-DOS is going LOSE about 20% market
share.

Looks like Tandy dropped the CoCo just in time to devote itself entirely to a
fading market! 

Paul

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