Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!decwrl!hplabs!hpl-opus!hpccc!hp-sde!hpfcdc!hpldola!hp-lsd!davek From: davek@hp-lsd.HP.COM (Dave Kumpf) Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc Subject: Questions Re MS-Windows Dev Cost Message-ID: <8520002@hp-lsd.HP.COM> Date: 15 Sep 88 19:04:15 GMT Organization: HP Logic Systems Division - ColoSpgs, CO Lines: 23 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 ...) (alright, maybe it's not ridiculous, just more than I want to spend) 1) Why is MS-C required? 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?) 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?) 3) If MS products are really the only alternative -- are there academic/student versions that are cheaper? Please email to me. Thanks for your help. Dave Kumpf hplabs!hp-lsd!davek