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From: roott@lance.tis.llnl.gov (Tom Root)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Borland C++ upgrades
Keywords: C++, upgrades, Borland, black holes
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Date: 31 May 90 14:18:16 GMT
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In article <1990May26.131842.3799@aucs.uucp> 880716a@aucs.UUCP (Dave Astels) writes:
>In article <1457@vtserf.cc.vt.edu> cohill@vtserf.cc.vt.edu.UUCP (Andrew M. Cohill) writes:
>>[...]
>>In three years of using Borland products I
>>have never even once received an upgrade notice, information about new
>>products, or a damn thing.
>
>I must say that I have not shared your experience.  The only Borland product
>that I have is Turbo Pascal.  I bought 4.0 locally.  Since then I have recieved
>the upgrade offers for 5.0 & 5.5 (both of which I took advantage of).  I have
>recieved other things from Borland ... I forget exactly what at the moment.
>
>
>-- 
>- Dave
>
>Internet: 880716a@AcadiaU.CA
>Bitnet:   880716a@Acadia
I have NEVER had any bad relations with Borland, I own their entire compiler
line, and others.  When I had bad disk problems, they expressed a new copy
to me. also I have received ALL upgrade notices even to programs I didn't
own, and I did get the discount.

Tom R.
roott@ec-rdn1.tis.llnl.gov