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- From: steve@eclipse.net (Steve Teale)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.mfc,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Symantec C++ 7.x: What I've learned
- Date: Tue, 06 Feb 1996 01:16:34 GMT
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- riordanm@supranet.com (Mark Riordan) wrote:
-
- >I have learned a few things about Symantec C++ 7.x for the
- >PC platform, and I thought I'd pass them along.
-
- >I am not a user of Symantec C++, but I'm considering purchasing
- >a copy. I started by ordering Symantec's free demo CD of C++ 7.0.
- >(Unfortunately, I've lost track of the phone number you call
- >to get it.) The CD contains not a demo copy of the compiler,
- >but rather a multimedia presentation program. When I started
- >the program on my NT 3.51-based PC, it said it couldn't run
- >under NT and exited. Oddly, when I dug around in some directories
- >on the CD, I found that \MOVIES\256TEXT\256TEXT.EXE ran fine.
- >It's an animated walkthrough of the compiler's features--pretty good.
- >(After upgrading to NT 3.51SP2, I can't run it anymore. Hmmmm.)
-
- >I read an ad in the 30 Oct 95 PC Week mentioning a $50 rebate
- >offer good through 31 January 1996.
- >The ad said to call (800)628-4777x9F85. I called on 15 Nov 95,
- >and they didn't seem to have any idea of what I was talking about.
- >I was referred to Customer Service at (800)441-7234. I called, and
- >they denied that there was any such offer.
-
- >On 20 November, I thought I'd try again. Perhaps I just got incompetent
- >people the first time around, thought I. I called the (800)628-4777
- >number. This time I got someone who apparently had never heard
- >of C++. After some difficulty, again I was referred to Customer Support
- >at (800)441-7234. Again I called.
- >They again had never heard of any rebate offer on C++.
-
- >Like a lot of people, I wanted to know about Symantec's plans
- >for MFC 4.x. I called Symantec tech support at (541)465-8470.
- >The fellow who answered was the first person at Symantec I had
- >encountered who knew night from day. He said that Microsoft had
- >not delivered MFC 4.x to Symantec yet. He expected that it would
- >take 3 weeks for Symantec to ready it for inclusion into C++ 7.x
- >once it was received, whenever that happens. Most likely,
- >MFC 4.x will be offered free of charge to C++ 7.0 owners
- >as a patch.
-
- >It seems that Symantec probably has a good product, but I am
- >concerned about the level of customer support. I am not used
- >to getting this type of runaround *before* plunking down my money.
-
- >Mark R riordanm@supranet.com
- >Licensee of MS VC++ 2.0, 1.51, 1.1, 1.0, MS C 7.0, 6.0, 5.1,
- >MS Quick C 2.0, 1.0, Borland C++ 2.0, Manx Aztec C,
- >Computer Innovations C.
-
- I haven't found the sort of thing you describe significantly different
- with the other vendors. It's difficult to get questions answered
- anywhere.
-
- The Symantec compiler is fast, and it generates tight code - that
- works for me.
-
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