Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!hao!ames!amdahl!drivax!alexande From: alexande@drivax.UUCP (Mark Alexander) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Borland vs Microsoft / latest chapter Message-ID: <2941@drivax.UUCP> Date: 14 Jan 88 20:34:32 GMT References: <784@imsvax.UUCP> Reply-To: alexande@drivax.UUCP (Mark Alexander) Organization: Bob-ist Temple of Monterey Lines: 15 Maybe I'm just cynical, but this Kahn/Krishna thing seems like a nice publicity stunt for Kahn. He can easily afford the $1000, and it makes him look like a nice guy in the press. When I donate to charity, I don't tell everybody about it. Furthermore, I'm not going to buy a compiler from somebody just because he's a nice guy. Hrumph. Disclaimer: I own a Borland product that I like a lot, and which gets used every day at home. -- Mark Alexander ...{hplabs,seismo,sun,ihnp4}!amdahl!drivax!alexande "Bob-ism: the Faith that changes to meet YOUR needs." -- Bob