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Subject:Re: In and under From:Beverly Parks <bparks -at- HUACHUCA-EMH1 -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL> Date:Wed, 17 May 1995 14:12:50 MST
Jennie Achtemichuk wrote-->
> I think we found the answer in a posting by Stephen Victor about
Multi-platform
> docs (another topic): "Frame runs on UNIX, Mac, and Windows platforms . . .
"
> This is actually how Frame, the manufacturer of FrameMaker, words it in their
> marketing literature.
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I dunno. When used with the word "platform," I agree with you:
"on" would be the correct choice.
Unfortunately, your example is really a mixed batch of fruit:
UNIX is an operating system, Mac is hardware, and Windows is an
environment. Oranges, apples, and bananas I think.
When I hear the word "platform," I think hardware.
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