Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 11:41:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Jamie Bowden <jamie@itribe.net> To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@freebsd.org> Cc: Peter Korsten <peter@grendel.iaehv.nl>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATT Unix for Windows ! Message-ID: <199708261537.LAA24177@gatekeeper.itribe.net> In-Reply-To: <199708261433.HAA13625@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Tue, 26 Aug 1997, Jonathan M. Bresler wrote: > Peter Korsten wrote: > > > > Perhaps I can spend a week and look for all kinds of tools that > > have some, the same, or even more functionality than VC++, but in > > my case, it's cheaper to buy VC++. And it comes with manuals and > > a great online help, instead of some info files nobody but Gnu > > uses. > > > > But well, this is only from my personal experience from a FreeBSD > > system and a Windows NT 4.0 system two metres apart. > > > > Of course, I find MS's marketing strategy - either buying or crushing > > the competition in about _every_ field in computing - disturbing, to > > say the least. But they do make decent software. Maybe not all of it, > > but much of it. > > i am surprised by this, a friend of mine here, recently had to > learn C. the course dictated the use of VC++. he went thru > hell getting VC++ to do what he wanted. i showed him how i > would do it in xemacs/gcc (i am NOT xemacs skilled much less > a wizard). he wanted to know why he had to use VC++! > > one ancedote for what its worth. > jmb > Especially considering c++ is not c. Jamie Bowden System Administrator, iTRiBE.net
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