Hey Borland, why no Turbo C for US?

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From: David Cabana
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1989 01:36

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Please excuse my rhetorical device; I know as well as you that
Borland will not respond...  I am curious, though, to know
why Turbo C for the ST is not distributed in the US.  The only
thing that pops to mind is that the documentation may not be in
English (is it?), and the cost of translation, publication, etc.
makes US distribution impossible.  Any ideas?

Why are no enterprising Europeans reselling Turbo ST to the US?
For any kind of fair price, I would buy.  

A parting observation:  refusing to sell Turbo C in the US seems
very likely to result in (eventual) widespread piracy of the
program in the US.  An odd strategy, but I must be missing something...
--
David Cabana
drc@beach.cis.ufl.edu
UUCP:   ...!gatech!uflorida!beach.cis.ufl.edu!drc

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