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Article #2451Re: Two questions for those who've been using Windows 3.0
From: Patrick Deupree
Date: Mon, 28 May 1990 23:15
Date: Mon, 28 May 1990 23:15
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In article <25184@netnews.upenn.edu> barron@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Daniel P. Barron) writes: >Well, one more general question...Is Windows 3.0 going to be the spark >that sets off an explosion of Windows based applications? How hard is >it for developers to work with? Is Microsoft being cooperative with >applications developers? > >Seems to me Windows can only be as good as the applications it runs, >and this means others besides Microsoft ought to be writing them... >competition and all that free enterprise stuff, you know. > When I first saw Windows 3.0 (oh, 6 months ago) it completely changed my mind about the future of Windows. Personally, when I first saw Windows it was version 2.03 and I thought it was a neat toy but it would never make it in the full stream. Things have changed. Windows 3.0 will change the way people use PC's and I do believe it is the spark that has alread set more developers up for Windows development. As for working with the Microsoft folk, they've always worked with 3rd party developers. Ours was the second Windows application to be released and we worked with them in the early days and are still doing so. To the general public, good support and a good beta program are available through OnLine, the Microsoft support system. If you have OnLine you should have no problem with getting support when you need it for Windows development. -- "Organized fandom is composed of a bunch of nitpickers with a thing for trivial pursuit." -Harlan Ellison Patrick Deupree -> patrickd@chinet.chi.il.us
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!tank!gargoyle!chinet!patrickd From: patrickd@chinet.chi.il.us (Patrick Deupree) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Two questions for those who've been using Windows 3.0 Message-ID: <1990May28.231539.8428@chinet.chi.il.us> Date: 28 May 90 23:15:39 GMT References: <25184@netnews.upenn.edu> Organization: The Whitewater Group, Evanston, IL Lines: 30