Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ncar!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!ucsd!qualcom.qualcomm.com!maui.qualcomm.com!rdippold From: rdippold@maui.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Borland C++ Message-ID: <1991Feb19.202818.24383@qualcomm.com> Date: 19 Feb 91 20:28:18 GMT References: <6843@mace.cc.purdue.edu> <540@shuksan.UUCP> Sender: news@qualcomm.com Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA Lines: 19 In article <540@shuksan.UUCP> mikey@shuksan.UUCP (Mike Fields) writes: > >I just received the upgrade notice in the mail. They list the upgrade >price from Turbo C pro or Turbo C++ pro as $99. My complaint is >that why did I just pay $125 in Sept. to upgrade from 2.0 to ` >C++ and now it is the same price to upgrade as if I still just had >my Turbo C 2.0?? I called Borland and was told that if my version >had been purchased in the last 60 days, the upgrade would be free. >I really appreciate paying $125 in Sept, getting the 1.01 upgrade >which fixed the initial release in November 90 and now being told that >I could have saved my $125 by waiting 6 months. Thanks a lot folks!! > For the use of the improved version and manuals for those six months. If you didn't need the extra power of Turbo C++, then you have indeed been ripped. For me, it was well worth the $100 upgrade, and this Windows version is so much more powerful that I think they are being very reasonable, especially since the Whitewater Toolkit, which normally costs $160 by itself, is included.