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- From: pitre@n5160d.nrl.navy.mil (Richard Pitre)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: MFC or OWL?
- Date: 21 Mar 1996 00:08:12 GMT
- Organization: Naval Research Laboratory
- Message-ID: <4iq6lc$bgd@ra.nrl.navy.mil>
- References: <4ipmh6$79g@btree.brooktree.com>
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- In article <4ipmh6$79g@btree.brooktree.com> sasha@brooktree.com (Alex Bakaev)
- writes:
- > nihtila@nihtila.pp.se (Mika Nihtil ) wrote:
- >
- > [deleted]
- >
- > >MFC is the industry standard...
- >
- > Says who ? Computer press or/and uneducated managers ?
- >
- > Alex
- >
-
- Says Microsoft.
- Ultimately, because they sell MFC, Microsoft
- has a solid basis to effectively undercut every
- other C++ compiler price on the market. Game, set and match
- in the C++ department. Its ok as long as Microsoft has to use
- the same tools that they sell to people. In that case I guess
- we can always be assured of some basic degree of functionality.
- Of course the price could still eventually get out of hand if everyone
- else who's worth a hoot goes away.
-
- Imagine, not so far in the future(Microsoft voice is the voice of a Steve Jobs
- genetic clone):
-
- "I'm sorry about that performance enhancement feature limitation that you
- encountered Mr. Boobgeek. We here at Microsoft are committed to your future,
- another Microsoft quality product, and we are anxious to provide you with the
- extra quality Microsoft tool features that make it possible for you to generate
- insanely great license free stand alone Microsoft applications, the Microsoft
- way to real riches, for only 7995.00 Microsoft Internet Dollars.
- Deducting 3995.00 Microsoft Internet Dollars for the introductory
- offer that you already so wisely took advantage of, we can get that to you
- for only 4000.00 Microsoft Internet Dollars. For an additional 1995.00
- Microsoft Internet Dollars you can keep copies of your Microsoft copyrighted
- code on your own personal Microsoft Internet hard disk or have it imprinted
- with your next Microsoft quality gene thearpy update.
-
- Please place your right
- hand in the center of your Microsoft Internet Network terminal and relax.
- Verification completed. Thank you. Mr. Boobgeek, we see that you
- have not yet submitted to the recommended Microsoft happiness gene
- therapy update. tsk tsk. Please be advised that you are allowed
- no more than two additional upgrades in your current Microsoft quality
- configuration. This verification constitutes legal signification that you
- agree to Microsoft's right to copyright any code that you develope with
- Microsoft's quality tools in your Microsoft quality configuration
- and that you agree not to sell or distribute
- software that Microsoft will eventually announce its intent to
- sell for the betterment of your future, another Microsoft quality product.
- Your Microsoft Internet terminal will now, upon genetic authentication,
- automatically support the quality Microsoft features which your Microsoft
- quality heart desires. These charges will be ...
- What? You changed *your* mind.
- You are going to develope for Macs instead.
- (A single eye fills the screen.)
- (Voice of Sauron)
- Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha(minutes of this)
- (pause)
- Microsoft Internet socket genetic presequence
- **&&^^%$#%$#@&&^&*%$$##@ execute code transmute-to-insectile-life-form.
-
- Seriously, what does Microsoft use for its development anyway?
- VC++ on NT? Is it the same version that we can buy?
-
-
- richard
-
-