Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ncrlnk!ncrcae!ece-csc!ncsuvx!gatech!bloom-beacon!bu-cs!mirror!mguyott From: mguyott@mirror.TMC.COM (Marc Guyott) Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc Subject: Re: Questions Re MS-Windows Dev Cost Message-ID: <18185@mirror.TMC.COM> Date: 22 Sep 88 15:59:32 GMT References: <8520002@hp-lsd.HP.COM> Reply-To: mguyott@prism.TMC.COM (Marc Guyott) Organization: Mirror Systems, Cambridge Mass. Lines: 53 In article <8520002@hp-lsd.HP.COM> davek@hp-lsd.HP.COM (Dave Kumpf) writes: >I have some (maybe stupid) questions regarding MS-windows development. >I'd like to play around with the MS-Windows environment, but the cost seems >ridiculous. (mail order -- $300 for MS-C, $350 for Windows SDK, $75 to >upgrade my Windows from 1.03 to 2.01 ...) > Wait and purchase the 2.1 SDK. This SDK comes with a version of CodeView that will work with Windows. I am a registered owner of a 2.01 SDK and I recieved my official upgrade notice from Microsoft on the 9th of September. If you acquired your 2.03 SDK before June 1, 1988 there is a $30.00 upgrade fee. I have called Microsoft and I am told it is possible to upgrade the 1.03 SDK to 2.1 for $100.00. > >1) Why is MS-C required? > Probably to supply the CodeView support for debugging. >It seems to me (not knowing enough about C) that >if you have a linker that understands the Windows LIB and if your compiler >supports PASCAL calling sequences, you should be able to use that C >compiler. (Or does Windows depend on what the compiler does with registers?) > I would be curious to know what the answer to this question is. > >2) Does anyone have a Windows environment clone (public domain/shareware >or outright purchase) that is reasonably priced? Is anyone working on such >a clone? Borland!!? (Or are they really endorsing Open Look?) > I have heard that there is a product available called "Actor" that is supposed to make Windows development easier. I have never used or seen it but a few of my friends use it and they swear by it. > >3) If MS products are really the only alternative -- are there >academic/student versions that are cheaper? > Check out "Actor". Marc ---- ... I never saw the morning until I stayed up all night ... Tom Waits Marc Guyott mguyott@mirror.TMC.COM {mit-eddie, pyramid, harvard!wjh12, xait, datacube}!mirror!mguyott Mirror Systems Cambridge, MA 02140 617/661-0777