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- From: rmorin@inforamp.net (Randy Charles Morin)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Borland C++ Upgrades
- Date: Sun, 24 Mar 96 04:14:30 GMT
- Organization: MiddleWorld SoftWare
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- >On Mar 22, 1996 21:55:58 in article <Re: Borland C++ Upgrades>,
- >'dkat@psych1.psy.sunysb.edu (Donna Kat)' wrote:
- >>I cannot expressed how really ticked off I am at BORLAND C++ 4.5 in
- >>print! I was also led to believe that I would be getting upgrades.
- >>When I got 4.51 and had serious problems with it (e.g. it will eat my
- >>hard drive when I open DOS TURBO DEBUGGER even without using it),
- >>I called to find when I would be getting an upgrade. I was told
- >>emphatically that I would only get UPDATES! and that there would be no
- >>free upgrades. Unfortunately, I had recycled the offer as soon as I
- >>ordered the product.
- >Like so many other dissatisfied customers, you are being incoherent
- >and inconsistent in your statements. Maybe you're so angry you
- >can't think -- or at least write -- straight.
-
- Pete, do you do anything in this newsgroup but flame people? Everbody had
- trouple getting their 4.51&2 free upgrades. I've seen a couple posts in this
- newsgroup, I had trouble and I've shared stories with other troubled users.
-
- >Assuming that "Upgrade" means going from one major release to the
- >next, and the "Update" means minor changes to an existing major version,
- >I have a question: When have you ever gotten a free upgrade from any
- >vendor? Exception: if you purchase a version very close to the
- >release date of a new one, vendors sometimes do upgrade to the
- >next version for free. In such cases, you get a written certificate to
- >prove your entitlement. If you purchased 4.51, then this provision
- >doesn't apply to you.
-
- Borland promised the 4.51 and 4.52 upgrades to everybody who bought a
- particular series of the 4.5 compiler (almost everybody). Microsoft also
- offers a subscription service that offers you three free upgrades. Free
- upgrades are the hot new marketing tool in the software industry. But then,
- from your previous uninformed and immature comments, I don't expect any better
- from you.
-
- >>I really liked BORLAND 3.0 and only upgraded because of the free
- >>upgrade offers
- >What free upgrade offers? From 3.0 to 4.0? I don't believe you.
-
- The free-upgrade was from 4.5 to the next two releases. I thought this was
- common knowledge. I guess you just don't know what you are talking about.
-
- >> and the fact that I was told that the problem I was
- >>having with values not being passed to my array from a library
- >>function was due to the fact that I had upgraded my motherboard and I
- >>needed the upgraded compiler for the faster board. I have become
- >>dependent on the debugger or I would just go back to a line command
- >>compiler.
- >Huh?? Come again. More incoherent drivel.
-
- Pete, you've proved yourself to be clearly the biggest asshole in this
- newsgroup. You've also proved that you don't know what you're talking about.
- Have a bad day.
-
-
- Agrivar
-
- aka Randy Charles Morin
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