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From: rcw@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM (Robert White)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Use UNIX for MSDOS development?
Message-ID: <1875@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM>
Date: 4 Sep 89 08:59:35 GMT
References: <2365@pooh.oakhill.UUCP> <389@arnor.UUCP>
Reply-To: rcw@scicom.UUCP (Robert White)
Organization: Mentor Software, Thornton, Co.
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In article <389@arnor.UUCP> uri@arnor.UUCP (Uri Blumenthal) writes:
#
#Sorry, guys, but what's wrong with developing the software for
#MS DOS under UNIX, and then test it on the very same computer
#and UNIX under VP/ix (or DOS Merge)? The emulation seems 99%
#perfect, and for commercial applications it should be more than
#enough... You can install Microsoft C under VP/ix...
#-----------------

You said it, 99% perfect.  A 1% return on a product for hardware
incompatibility reasons will destroy that product's reputation.
We develop under Unix, but have found out that products must be
tested in their destination environment, at least as the technology
stands now.