Abstract: The principals involved in three significant PC-based accounting and timekeeping software packages (Peachtree, TLB/Solomon and Timeslips) discuss the histories of their products, their companies and the competitors they were selling against. They discuss the difficulties of determining and using the most appropriate sales channel and the significance of product reviews in determining the success (or failure) of PC products. They talk about how the entry of IBM into the microcomputer market legitimized the entire industry and the eliminated the difficulties in supporting the multitude of computer platforms prior to the dominance of the MS/DOS operating system. Finally, they discuss customer and product support issues and how marketing problems changed with the maturing of the industry.

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