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From: schwartz@possum.den.mmc.com (Michael Schwartz x1-6820)
Subject: Re: Summary of C++ Toolkits for Windows 3.0 Development
Message-ID: <1991May17.140949.14208@den.mmc.com>
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Date: Fri, 17 May 1991 14:09:49 GMT


I have held off on my 2 cents worth until I had called Imagesoft again.
I was a user of Commonview I, including the Glockenspeil compiler and
DOS extender (i.e., in it for some substantial bucks).  I had 4 releases
of Commonview and the compiler for various reasons (bad disks, REALLY
grody errors) and feel I did a fair amount of debugging of their product
for them.  I could never get a substantial product to hang together
without spare pixels or excessively slow performance, so I stuck to the
SDK.

I received no notice of Commonview II availability, and first heard of
it on the net.  I contacted Imagesoft and was told that their policy was
I was permitted to buy Commonview II.  At the regular price.

The caveat to all software buyers is to get the upgrade policy for the
product nailed down a bit better (they did upgrade me from useless
versions to only somewhat buggy versions).  

Software vendors:  Provide resonable upgrade paths for your version 1
users or you won't have any.  Me, at least (and I'm a sucker for these
things...just ask microsoft).

I now use Borland C++ (as a reasonable upgrade to Turbo C++), and given
reasonable code it generates reasonable applications.
-- 
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schwartz@pogo.den.mmc.com  "You'll find ... that the only thing 
mschwartz@mmc.com                  you can do easily is be wrong, 
mschwart@du.edu                          and that's hardly worth the effort"