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From: mikew@proton.LCS.MIT.EDU (Michael B. Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: C++ upgrade (was Why do people pirate software?)
Message-ID: <1990Aug31.165835.22475@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>
Date: 31 Aug 90 16:58:35 GMT
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In article <6910@milton.u.washington.edu>,
ashing@milton.u.washington.edu (Al Shing) writes:
|> On the other hand, Turbo C++ is really a separate product from Turbo C, and 
|> both continue to be available.  So in this sense, why should a customer 
|> get two compilers for the price of one, especially a hot new compiler 
|> that required a lot of work and research.  

I didn't know that!  But that explains it.  I'm glad to hear that
they'll still be selling and supporting Turbo C 2.0, since I really
don't need to use C++ right now.  I would like to see mouse support in
the next version; right now, I'll settle for using Mouse Menus.

|> Borland is obviously trying to improve its cash flow in order to build up 
|> funds to fight the Lotus suit.  If you support the Borland side of the 
|> issue, it wouldn't hurt to send in your "donation", and get the use of some
|> great software in the bargain.

begin(EDITORIAL); {
By the way, the MIT League for Programming Freedom is selling T-shirts
for $10 that have a statue of liberty on the front (holding a floppy
disk and a tape) and ``Stop Software Monopolies'' written on the back. 
There was an article in Newsweek on a march on Lotus that was held Aug.
2.  (Unfortunately, I didn't get in the picture!)  We really should get
behind Borland and SCO!
} end(EDITORIAL);
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