Re: WARNING VISUAL C++

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From: Jonathan Kagle
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1993 19:12

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In article <house.743308707@helios> house@helios.usq.EDU.AU (ron house) writes:
>jonka@microsoft.com (Jonathan Kagle) writes:
>
>>P.S. Microsoft also sells QuickC for DOS Version 2.5, which runs well on a 
>>640K 286. This is used in many colleges and universities in the US.
>
>Not any more.  We have just received official word from MS that no further
>new orders will be accepted.  The only choice for students now is Visual C++
>standard (&educational) edition, which doesn't support vanilla DOS.  Talk
>about lack of subtlety!  Our uni has a simple solution: Turbo C++ educational.

To the best of my knowledge, it is still being sold (at least in the US). I'd
appreciate it if you'd let me know who told you that it had been discontinued
(via EMAIL) so I can make sure that our sales force has this straight.

       -Jonathan

P.S. Just got a catalog from "The Programmer's Shop" today, and it has QuickC 
     2.5 for sale.

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Subject: Re: WARNING VISUAL C++
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