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

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From: Andrzej Eilmes
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 00:00
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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
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Subject: Re: OS/2 dead? Yes, it is!
Date: 1997/04/12
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