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From: palowoda@megatest.UUCP (Bob Palowoda)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Use UNIX for MSDOS development?
Message-ID: <7595@megatest.UUCP>
Date: 6 Sep 89 05:26:01 GMT
References: <1875@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM>
Organization: Megatest Corporation, San Jose, Ca
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From article <1875@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM>, by rcw@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM (Robert White):
> 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.

   I don't understand what you mean. All your products work on 
  100% of the machines. If so I'm suprise. Their are cases where
  the customer just dosn't want you to test on their equiptment.
  Some of them beleive if you can't deliver something working
  you have a bad reputation already. Me, I have yet to see
  a product that dosn't have a flaw in it.  

   Technology will never be perfect. 


   ---Bob


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