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Article #38538

Re: Software costs

#38538
From: Greg Lindahl
Date: Sat, 06 May 1989 07:55
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In article <3263@cs.dal.ca> bill@biomel.UUCP, biomel@cs.dal.CA writes:
[ discussing software prices ]
>
>The only major exception seems to be in the area of C compilers, 

Another item to note is that the ST has 3 working public-domain C compilers.
I'd hate to think of writing an MS-DOS C compiler that supported all of
the memory models, with libraries. And has anyone priced a development
environment for GEM or Windows on the PC recently? Doesn't Microsoft
charge an arm and a leg and more for a Windows Development Kit?

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