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- From: Larry Baker <leb@sdt.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: MS C++ Subscription worth the $$$?
- Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 08:40:15 -0800
- Organization: SABRE Decision Technologies
- Message-ID: <315034EF.536F@sdt.com>
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- David Byrden wrote:
- > John Taylor <taylor12@llnl.gov> wrote:
- > >Is getting the MS C++ subscription worth the money?
- >
- > It gets you a compiler that may work properly by the third or fourth
- > installment of your subscription, because the first installment sure as
- > heck doesn't.
-
- Think of it as paying in advance for roughly 4 bug-fix releases at
- about $25 each. They occasionally include some enhanced functionality
- beyond the version(s) you can buy off-the-store-shelves. Not a bad deal,
- really, if you think of it in terms of pre-purchasing the updates.
-
- Larry
- leb@sdt.com
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