Re: OS/2 dead? Yes, it is!

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From: Rich Machuzak
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 00:00

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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

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From: Rich Machuzak <rmachuza@world.northgrum.com>
Subject: Re: OS/2 dead? Yes, it is!
Date: 1997/04/15
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