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echo: os2prog
to: Mike Bilow
from: Tom Almy
date: 1997-02-11 15:51:28
subject: Visual C++ Problem?

-=> Quoting Mike Bilow to Tom Almy <=-

 TA> Well, that certainly would be an improvement! I haven't
 TA> upgraded to Warp 4 because I saw nothing in it that I could
 TA> benefit from. This would be nice, but of course I still
 TA> couldn't run Microsoft VC++ or the latest Win32 tools from
 TA> Borland.

 MB> A lot of Win32s stuff from Microsoft suddenly starts working in Warp
 MB> 4, such as FoxPro for Windows.  There is no "true Win32,"
since even
 MB> Windows 95 and Windows NT have different APIs.  Sometimes it is worth
 MB> a try on OS/2.

The products I cite don't claim compatibility with Win32s. I agree about no
true Win32. As a NT user, I feel miffed by all the Win32 stuff that requires
Win95! (IMHO, the software availability situation for WinNT is *worse* than it
is for OS/2.)


Tom


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