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From: bsyme@cs.strath.ac.uk (Brian J Syme IE88)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: FACTS ABOUT WB2.0 (Was: Re:WB2.0 for non-A3000)
Message-ID: <5605@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk>
Date: 13 Feb 91 11:10:49 GMT
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In article <44055@ut-emx.uucp> greg@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Greg Harp) writes:
>
>you have to be to be _pretty_ committed to Windows
>in order to develop for it, considering the cost.  Any Joe off the street
>is welcome to develop for the Amiga, so s/w prices are very nice.
>

	I don't have the figures around & I'm curious.. What's the
	cost of the Windows 3 SDK + (say) Microsoft C, vs SAS C and
	the Manual Mound..

	I've heard that microsoft are going to open up the interface
	standards for W3 so the price of the SDK might well drop,..
	The amiga will probably remain cheaper to develop for though.

	Something to bear in mind when listening to a UK programmer
	slagging off CBM is the standard of support provided by CBM
	UK - it (was) terrible, and from speaking to various
	developers it hasn't improved much - the DSP here seems to
	be geared solely to the game producers (not surprising though
	because that's what shifts boxes here.. remember also that the
	disposable income of UK is said to be lower - sales of the
	3000 here are likely to be a lower percentage of total.) After
	a few years of wasted phone calls and being able to provide
	better answers to my own questions than they could, I didn't
	take up the offer to shell out hundreds of pounds for the
	same...

>Greg
>

	Brian

>
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