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Article #2887Re: C++ upgrade (was Why do people pirate software?)
From: Michael B. Williams
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 1990 16:58
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 1990 16:58
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In article <6910@milton.u.washington.edu>,
ashing@milton.u.washington.edu (Al Shing) writes:
|> On the other hand, Turbo C++ is really a separate product from Turbo C, and
|> both continue to be available. So in this sense, why should a customer
|> get two compilers for the price of one, especially a hot new compiler
|> that required a lot of work and research.
I didn't know that! But that explains it. I'm glad to hear that
they'll still be selling and supporting Turbo C 2.0, since I really
don't need to use C++ right now. I would like to see mouse support in
the next version; right now, I'll settle for using Mouse Menus.
|> Borland is obviously trying to improve its cash flow in order to build up
|> funds to fight the Lotus suit. If you support the Borland side of the
|> issue, it wouldn't hurt to send in your "donation", and get the use of some
|> great software in the bargain.
begin(EDITORIAL); {
By the way, the MIT League for Programming Freedom is selling T-shirts
for $10 that have a statue of liberty on the front (holding a floppy
disk and a tape) and ``Stop Software Monopolies'' written on the back.
There was an article in Newsweek on a march on Lotus that was held Aug.
2. (Unfortunately, I didn't get in the picture!) We really should get
behind Borland and SCO!
} end(EDITORIAL);
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!think.com!mintaka!proton.LCS.MIT.EDU!mikew From: mikew@proton.LCS.MIT.EDU (Michael B. Williams) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: C++ upgrade (was Why do people pirate software?) Message-ID: <1990Aug31.165835.22475@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> Date: 31 Aug 90 16:58:35 GMT References: <6832@milton.u.washington.edu> <1990Aug30.183242.21304@amd.com> <1990Aug30.222112.27445@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> <6910@milton.u.washington.edu> Sender: daemon@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu (Lucifer Maleficius) Reply-To: mikew@proton.LCS.MIT.EDU (Michael B. Williams) Distribution: usa Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lines: 32