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Can someone at IBM please explain why developers should develop for OS/2?

#506
From: Tim Francis
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 19:02
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In article <1992Jul24.182822.24148@hellgate.utah.edu>,
brian%jensen.cs.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Brian Sturgill) writes:
>
> <Long post removed for brevity>

Brian, you make several good points, and I sympathize with the trouble
you've been having.  I have posted your item internally, but have no idea
what (or even if) the response will be.

Let me address a couple of items:
 - You found a bug in the optimizer, but didn't report it.
     We here in C Set (and WorkFrame) development pride ourselves on
     quick response to customer concerns, especially when they uncover
     a bug.  Compiler bugs are worked immediately, and if necessary we will
     fed-ex a fix out to you.  There is a compiler CSD available already
     (came out last week), so your problem may already be fixed; failing
     that we'll get some details from you, and start work on it immediately.
     (I'll be contacting you off-line).
 - Your desire for C++ and a profiler.
     Please understand that a "new, open IBM" does imply that we should lay
     _all_ our plans on the table - this is a competitive market.  You are
     asking me for specific details about a future, unannounced version of
     our product, and I just can't comment in that sort of detail.
     Trust me: * Your concerns (and wishes) are being listened to.
               * C Set/2 is a fully supported compiler, still undergoing
                 development and enhancments.
               * _I_ believe in making as much information as possible
                 available to you, as soon as possible.  The decision to
                 develop or not develop, announce or not announce, any given
                 product, or component of that product, is very carefully
                 thought out.  As soon as I _can_, I _will_ tell you.
 - You say that we should have made available, from day 1, a development
   environment "WITH ALL THE PROGRAMMING DOCS (at least on-line), and
   the hard copies of docs AT COST."
     Correct me if I've misunderstood you, but the programming docs are
     provided (on-line) with the toolkit (part of the WorkSet).  Look in
     your toolkit folder, under "Toolkit information".    -tim
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From: francis@vnet.ibm.com (Tim Francis)
Message-ID: <19920727.120237.680@almaden.ibm.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 15:02:04 EDT
Subject: Can someone at IBM please explain why developers should develop for OS/2?
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer
References: <1992Jul24.182822.24148@hellgate.utah.edu>
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Organization: IBM Canada Lab, WorkFrame/2 development
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not those of IBM
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