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  1. Path: chrism.demon.co.uk!chris
  2. From: Chris Marriott <chris@chrism.demon.co.uk>
  3. Newsgroups: comp.lang.basic.misc,comp.lang.basic.visual.misc,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.os.ms-windows.apps.comm,comp.os.ms-windows.apps.word-proc,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.mfc,comp.windows.misc
  4. Subject: Re: Source Code?
  5. Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 22:00:53 +0000
  6. Organization: SkyMap Software
  7. Distribution: world
  8. Message-ID: <zm46SSAV4KQxEwZy@chrism.demon.co.uk>
  9. References: <4ho68l$qhi@ruby.digisys.net> <31404C73.5E34@twisto.compaq.com>
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  15. In article <31404C73.5E34@twisto.compaq.com>, Ed McCreary
  16. <edm@twisto.compaq.com> writes
  17. >The source code is not available, and from what I hear it's probably just
  18. >as well.  It's supposed to be a programmer's worst nightmare.
  19.  
  20. The story goes that Microsoft have LOST the Write source code, and
  21. that's why 16-bit Write ships with Windows NT still - it's just about
  22. the only 16-bit program on the whole system!
  23.  
  24. Chris
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  26.  Chris Marriott, Warrington, UK      | Author of SkyMap v3 award-winning 
  27.  chris@chrism.demon.co.uk            | shareware Win31/Win95 planetarium.
  28.             For full info, see http://www.execpc.com/~skymap  
  29.       Author member of Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP) 
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