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<text id=90TT1446>
<title>
June 04, 1990: Business Notes:Software
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
June 04, 1990 Gorbachev:In The Eye Of The Storm
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
BUSINESS, Page 71
Business Notes
SOFTWARE
New Windows, Same View
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<body>
<p> For a business that relies so heavily on memory chips, the
computer industry is surprisingly forgetful. That trait was on
display last week in the hoopla over the unveiling of Microsoft
Windows 3.0, a $149 program that its maker claims will give
IBM-compatible computers the look and feel of a user-friendly
Apple Macintosh. What most everyone failed to recall, however,
was that Microsoft has been making the same claim about earlier
versions of Windows for the past seven years.
</p>
<p> But Microsoft seems to have got it right this time, and it
is backing Windows 3.0 with a $10 million promotion budget.
Microsoft chief Bill Gates has the support of hundreds of
independent programmers and computer manufacturers eager for
part of the $500 million in revenues that Windows-related
products are expected to reap over the next year. Eventually
Gates wants to convert the computer world from Windows to OS/2,
a new operating system developed with IBM.
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</body>
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