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- From: jars@chinook.halcyon.com (Juan Rodriguez)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: MS Visual C++ 4.0 Standard Edition, what's the difference?????
- Date: 12 Mar 1996 15:32:37 GMT
- Organization: Northwest Nexus, Inc. - Professional Internet Services
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- In article <4i1bue$9gs@mn5.swip.net>,
- Bo Berglund <bo.berglund@mailbox.swipnet.se> wrote:
- >Today I got a mailer with info from Microsoft about new development products.
- >In the price list accompanying the broschure is a Visual C++ 4.0 Standard Edi-
- >tion product selling at an incredibly low price. Curiously, it is not men-
- >tioned in the broschure, just in the price list.
- >Does anyone know what this is? Are there limitations etc?
-
- As far as I know, it is just what the name says: A Visual C++ v. 4.0
- developing environment, with some of the bells and whistles removed.
-
- >My suggestions are:
- >i) It is a serious attempt at killing off Borland by pricing out BC++ 5.0.
- > As soon as it is done the price goes up so we better hurry up!
- >ii) It is an appetizer with limited capabilities forcing me to later buy
- > a "professional" version to be able to do any serious work. (Just like
- > Visual Basic operates) In this case just ignore "Standard Edition"
- >iii) Someone made 1.000.000 CD copies without first removing the known bugs
- > and now they want to redeem some of the investment by selling a "low-end"
- > compiler that can be later upgraded. Same as for ii)
- >Any ideas out there?
-
- I would suggest:
-
- iv) It is a serious attempt to tap the low-end/educational market.
- That eliminates your guess i) (It is here to stay for as long as that
- market exists); it also eliminates your guess ii) (I have not tried it
- but it seems to have everything anyone might need for most "serious"
- work); and it eliminates your guess iii) (It seems the Standard Edition
- has been worked on to allow it to run effectively on smaller systems
- than the "Professional" one).
-
- As to my plans, I plan to buy it.
-
-
-
-
- Juan Antonio Rodriguez-Sero; jars@halcyon.com
- Lake Forest Park, Washington 98155 - 2940, U. S. A.
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