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Article #4626Re: OS/2 dead? Yes, it is!
From: Mustafa Soysal MS57
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 00:00
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 00:00
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In article <SFOTzgRDAgtU091yn@bigblue.no>, B. Vermo <bv@bigblue.no> wrote:
>In article <5huhjh$76m@client2.news.psi.net>,
>os2@mistik.express.net (Mustafa Soysal MS57) wrote:
>|In article <d2YQz0E6AF+K092yn@momeraths.org>,
>|Sysop <MarchHare@momeraths.org> wrote:
>|>
>|>Oh, so I get it now. You'd rather have it _separately_ distributed so
>|>that it would cost more to do so.
>|
>|It would cost less to buy it. Devcon costs more.
>|
>Which universe do you live in?
Not yours <G>
>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.
1.2? Never had anything to do with it. The one for 2.0 did cost about
$120.-
>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.
That's BS. I never even heard of such offer. I am a registered
developer since 1993, and there was never any offer like that in my
mailbox.
>
Best Regards,
Mustafa Soysal
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