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Date: Sun 28-Aug-1991 18:21:18 From: mcarling@leland.stanford.edu (M Carling) Subject: Accounting software for NeXT (Was: Why don't NeXT and HP get together?) In article <m69Hwp-52@cs.psu.edu> melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) [that the Mac and the PeeCee are NeXT's competition; not Sun] > What are the 5 or 6 areas most popular computer applications? > > Word processing -- NeXT is still weak. > Spreadsheets -- Improv could be better, but I think Lotus is busy > porting it to OS/2. > Desktop publishing > Drawing -- Create, TopDraw, Illustrator. How about a 32 bit paint program? > I'll make it easy. How about a paint program? > > Page Layout -- zippo. Pages(Bruce Webster et. al.) will have something > next year. QuarkXPress -- doubtful! > > Database Managers -- DataPhile, but no low-end RDMS. > CAD -- zippo > Accounting -- zippo Bzzzzt! Oracle is shipping its complete accounting and finance packages, Oracle Financials Release 8.3 and Oracle Government Financials Release 4.3. For more information contact Oracle Corporation at (415) 506-2524. > [more stuff about Mac and PeeCee deleted]
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