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- From: jmadison@netcom.com (Jack Madison)
- Subject: Shareware/C++
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- Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 18:35:54 GMT
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-
- Joseph Shaughnessy (serendip@iag.net) wrote:
-
- I am just getting ready to start shareware programming with a friend of
- mine. He is a tech support/programmer for a large PC software company,
- and I have 4+ years as a UNIX Systems Analyst/programmer. I plan to
- release our programs on both the Windows platform and Amiga (don't flame
- me for being a traitor), but I'll be releasing them as freeware on the
- Amiga and Shareware (for a fee) on the PC side. My experience is that
- the shareware stuff for the amiga is generally cheaper and better than
- for the PC. I guess that tells you something about the average user
- for both systems. I figure, what the hell, I'll give stuff to my
- fellow Amiga friends and get some beer/pizza money from all those PC
- sheep.
-
- Now a question to you all. Where can I get a good C++ compiler for free
- or cheap for the Amiga that includes the OS libraries including all the
- intuition stuff? I installed GNU C++ about a year ago but since it
- didn't have the necessary files to create screens/windows/etc. I bagged
- it. I know about the Fish CD, but don't have a CD drive. :-(
-
- : AM> It keeps amizing me that people are actually paying for a bunch of
- : AM> lame icons.
-
- : -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
-
- : In the PC world, people pay for screen blankers. I used to hope that the
- : numbers of the ignorant would decrease as people became more computer
- : literate, but it does not appear to work that way. The vast majority stay at
- : the clueless level. They may perhaps become somewhat adept at using their word
- : processor, at which point they begin calling themselves "power users" *snort*
-
- : oops, took off on a tangent there... so sorry
-
- : Shag
-
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