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Subject:Re: hardware for Framemaker From:Westbrook <westbrok -at- HSNP -dot- COM> Date:Sun, 16 Nov 1997 05:48:01 GMT
On Thu, 13 Nov 1997 08:22:36 -0700, "LaTorra, Michael"
<MLaTorra -at- SCGROUPINC -dot- COM> wrote:
>On the Frame users listserv, I kept track of which platforms were
>associated with the most problems. PCs were far and away the most
>trouble prone. Macs were considerably less so. And UNIX boxes had the
>fewest problems of all for Frame users.
How does that compare when you figure the percentage of list members using
each platform? I'd guess that there are a lot more PC users than Mac users
on your list, so naturally the odds are that there would be more PC
problems.