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- From: Rob Stewart <stew@datalytics.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: I can't find Visual C++ 4.1, can you?
- Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 11:33:58 -0400
- Organization: Datalytics, Inc
- Message-ID: <317660E6.5BE6@datalytics.com>
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- Matt Young wrote:
- >
- > Robert Paulsen wrote:
- > >
- > > I want to but Visual C++ and according to the MS web page, 4.1 is the
- > > newest version. I called MS sales and they don't think that it
- > > exists. All the places I call say that they don't have it either.
- > >
- > > If you have version 4.1 where did you get it?
- > >
- > > --Thanks
- > > Robert Paulsen
- >
- > 4.1 is a subscription release. I don't think you can buy. You
- > automatically receive it if you have paid for a VC subscription.
-
- This is another of Microsoft's bright ideas. That's right, you
- can't buy the point releases of Visual C++. In other words, you
- can't buy the bug fixes.
-
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