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From: mbk@caffeine.engr.utk.edu (Matt Kennel)
Subject: Re: Hungarian notation
Date: 1996/05/27
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Norman L. Reitzel (nreitzel@lonestar.jpl.utsa.edu) wrote:
: Every single decent product provided by MicroSoft (originator of HN) was 
: purchased from somewhere else. 

Except one.  The first version of Macintosh Excel.  Which really led to
the rest of their success, as all products, including Windows (which
started out as nothign but life-support for Excel on PC's), were patterned
after that one.