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From: Peter =?UTF-8?B?S8O2aGxtYW5u?= <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de>
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Subject: Re: The Best Linux Distros for First Time Switchers from Windows and Mac
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nospam wrote:

> In article <mi05bn$nna$1@dont-email.me>, Peter Köhlmann
> <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> wrote:
> 
>> > Years ago there was MS Word. It was designed for the Mac. Then came
>> > Word for Windows.
>> 
>> More than 1 year before the MacIntosh version came the MS-DOS version
> 
> except that was a dos app with very limited mouse functionality.

Irrelevant. At that time DOS-based computers had much better performance and 
scope than the apple computers. That some people felt that they did not have 
the skills to use a CLI-based computer is another thing. 

What *is* relevant though is the fact that the Mac-version (today) is not 
compatible with the windows version