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From: cjeffery@cs.arizona.edu (Clinton Jeffery)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Windows Development on a Budget
Keywords: windows development cheep
Message-ID: <382@caslon.cs.arizona.edu>
Date: 28 Aug 90 19:20:29 GMT
Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson
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Let's say, hypothetically, that I am a poor grad student who wants
to port a large X application to MS Windows.  The software tools run
$100 for windows + $350 for MSC + $350 for Windows SDK = $800.

Who at Microsoft could tell me about an educational discount program?
Will Turbo C cut it for Windows development?
Would a 2.11 development system be source-code compatible with Win3.0?
Are their any alternatives to the SDK?

This raises the general question of: how come no one cares that Microsoft
has excluded the hobbyist and casual programmer from Windows programming?

If anyone knows how much the new Quarterdeck-with-X-Windows product costs
and how much it costs to develop for it, I'd be interested in hearing.
Thanks, y'all!
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