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- From: macketan@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Robert Macketanz)
- Subject: Re: Where's Borland?
- References: <21JUL199215024239@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov> <1992Jul21.155506.1610@gacvx2.gac.edu>
- Originator: macketan@hphalle9b.informatik.tu-muenchen.de
- Sender: news@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (USENET Newssystem)
- Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 10:17:41 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.101741.8661@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE>
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- In article <1992Jul21.155506.1610@gacvx2.gac.edu>, logic@gacvx2.gac.edu writes:
- |> In article <21JUL199215024239@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov>, smbrush@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (Andy Brush @Sverdrup) writes:
- |> > A few months ago, Borland seemed to be promising that they were heavily
- |> > committed to supplying applications for OS/2: The trade rags quoted
- |> > Phillipe Khan (sp?) saying how important OS/2 would be, etc.
- |> >
- |> > TODAY, the picture looks different! While Lotus and Microsoft advertise
- |> > OS/2 spreadsheets, Borland is shipping an "upgrade" from Quattro 3.0 to 4.0
- |> > which is _less_compatible_ with OS/2 than the previous version. Borland
- |> > technical support has no solutions, and they won't even refund the
- |> > "upgrade" price because they "don't support OS/2". Nothing about upcoming
- |> > Borland OS/2 releases has been in the rags for weeks.
- |> >
- |> > It seems that either Borland is having difficulty porting their compiler to
- |> > OS/2, or that they have made a strategic decision to avoid OS/2. Either
- |> > way, it's looking like it's time to make the decision to avoid Borland.
- |> >
- |> > Comments, Hard Info, etc. is Welcome
- |> >
- |> > Andrew S. Brush | SMBRUSH@LIMS01.lerc.nasa.gov
- |> > Sverdrup Technology | 2001 Aerospace Parkway
- |> > NASA LeRC Group | Brook Park, OH 44142
- |> > "Opinions are Mine, Only" | (216) 826-6770
- |>
- |> Borland C++ for OS/2 is in betatest as we speak..
- |>
- |> If we avoid Borland and avoid Microsoft, there's not much left is there?
- |> Hardly seems like a wise move..
- |>
- |> al hart
- |>
- Really in betatest ?! - where did you get this information from ?
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