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From: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Windows Development
Message-ID: <1991May7.224301.15013@sj.ate.slb.com>
Date: 7 May 91 22:43:01 GMT
Article-I.D.: sj.1991May7.224301.15013
References: <4837@gumby.Altos.COM> <1991Apr26.211100.7830@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov> <8493@umd5.umd.edu> <1626@msa3b.UUCP> <1991May04.011725.4020@comp.vuw.ac.nz>
Reply-To: poffen@SunOS (Russ Poffenberger)
Organization: Schlumberger Technologies, ATE division, San Jose, Ca.
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In article <1991May04.011725.4020@comp.vuw.ac.nz> Conrad.Bullock@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Conrad Bullock) writes:
>
>In article <1626@msa3b.UUCP>, kevin@msa3b.UUCP (Kevin P. Kleinfelter) writes:
>|>  Alt Win Dev cost:
>|> 		DOS 3.3				$60 *s
>|> 		Windows 3.0			$80 *e <<
>|> 		Borland C++			$95 *e <<
>|> 		--------------------------------------
>|> 		TOTAL (with ed prices)		$235 edu
>
>Of course you need quite a bit more than just Borland C++ to develop Win 3
>programs from scratch. Like the 3 MS Press Windows Programmers' guides,
>at US$20 each, or at least some Windows API reference of some sort.
>The MS books and the Petzold book are included with the SDK price that was
>quoted. The OS/2 SDK (also mentioned) comes with 4 OS/2 programmers'
>reference books and Petzold's(?) PM programming book.

You get a coupon for a FREE copy of the Petzold book with a retail purchase of
BC++.

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