🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <7343@darkstar.ucsc.edu> sidney@saturn.ucsc.edu (Sidney Markowitz ) writes:
>In article <1990Sep27.152102.26157@pyro.ei.dupont.com>
>   blair@pyro.ei.dupont.com (Grant Bair) writes:
>>For those who haven't already heard, Borland has started shipping
>>alpha versions of its C++ package for MICROSOFT WINDOWS. It'll only be
>>a matter of time until windows support is generally available for
>>Borland developers.
>
>To clear things up a bit, Borland has announced nothing more than
>their intention to support Windows, with no specific products or
>dates. Borland has a "no vaporware" policy that usually means
>announcing a product on the day it ships. The Sept 24 article in PC
>Week mentioned two products. One of them, Turbo C++ 1.01, it said is
>already shipping. It isn't. You can make up your own mind about the
>accuracy of the less verifiable statements in the article about
>Borland's internal activity on Windows products. PC Leak, er, Weak,
>um, I mean WEEK, tends to publish stuff like that. Their track record
>on guessing Borland's actions hasn't been all that good. If they don't
>include a quote from a Borland spokesperson I would tend to take what
>they say with a big grain of salt.
>
>-- sidney markowitz <sidney@ai.mit.edu>
>   [Note: account <sidney@saturn.ucsc.edu> is about to disappear]
>Disclaimer: I work for Borland. I do not speak for Borland.

Okay, I'll just pretend that the package that I saw on a colleague's desk
wasn't really what it claimed to be.....:-)


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