Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!qucdn!spraggej Organization: Queen's University at Kingston Date: Saturday, 12 Jan 1991 13:23:22 EST From: John G. Spragge Message-ID: <91012.132322SPRAGGEJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal Subject: Re: Doubts on TP 6.0 updatating being worth the while References: <19416@hydra.gatech.EDU> <1991Jan9.194840.18614@en.ecn.purdue.edu> <1991Jan10.063046.9686@uwasa.fi> <2403@bnlux0.bnl.gov> In article <2403@bnlux0.bnl.gov>, kushmer@bnlux0.bnl.gov (christopher kushmerick) says: >It seems a bit like there is a split personality working there at Borland >Central. The PC is developing a split personality. One part of the PC world is going with windows: another part has a severe allergy to the product (or doesn't have the hardware to run it half decently). Given this problem, it seems to me that the logical course is to build a character based user interface that will be compatable with MS-Windows and will allow users who wish to do so to port their programs to windows. >Would the same brain that decided to include source level assembler in the >pascal compiler -a logical and excellent progression from inline- also decide >to burdon the users with Vision, the new layout of the editor, no simple color >scheme for monochrome monitors etcetera? Looks to me like the new environment is simply in line with the developing standard for PC user interfaces. I'm not completely thrilled with it either, but I can see why it's set up the way it is: if I was Borland, I probably would have done it the same way. >Today I got a letter from borland pushing the spread sheet, Quattro, for $95, >thats 400 dollars off of the list price. Now we all know that list prices >are a fraud to begin with. But for the manufacturer to sell something for >25% of the list price seems absurd. Who prey tell did the market study that >concluded that the list price should be so high? Would you believe retailers charge you 50% of the cover price for the privilege of dealing with a nice sales person who has a neat suit, clean fingernails, and knows nothing at all about computers? disclaimer: Queen's University merely supplies me with computer services, and they are responsible for neither my opinions or my ignorance. John G. Spragge