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

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From: B. Vermo
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 00:00

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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?
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.

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From: bv@bigblue.no (B. Vermo)
Subject: Re: OS/2 dead? Yes, it is!
Date: 1997/04/10
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