Re: OS/2 dead? NO!

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From: gilbertd
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 00:00

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Rich Machuzak wrote:
> 
> Andrzej Eilmes wrote:
> >
> > bv@bigblue.no (B. Vermo) wrote:
> >
> > >Which universe do you live in?
> > >My Microsoft OS/2 Developer Toolkit 1.2 cost me over twice as much
> > >as my DevCon subscription. 'Economy of scale' is the term describing this.
> > >Besides, a professional developer making a commercial application will
> > >get tools and compiler free from IBM against a commitment to follow
> > >OS/2 programming guidelines and supply them with a demo copy of the product.
> > >
> >
> > What are OS/2 programming guidelines? I guess one of them is to use binary
> > *.INI files so that user can not access program configuration. Anything else?
> >
> >                                 Andrzej Eilmes
> 
> Get the book "Object-Oriented Interface Design", subtitle "IBM Common
> User Access Guidelines", published by Que, for interface design.  The
> DevCon contains red books and other white papers on a myriad of design
> and programming aspects for OS/2.
> 
> Regards,
> Rich Machuzak
> rmachuza@world.northgrum.com

-- 
Can't be too dead.  Everywhere I turn I see people arguing about its
viability.

Gilbert

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From: gilbertd@ix.netcom.com
Subject: Re: OS/2 dead? NO!
Date: 1997/04/15
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