Hi keith,

KR> i've been freezing my arse off in a little place about 30 miles out of
KR> boston mass (and i do mean litteraly freezing, the temp went positive 4
KR> times in 28 days!).

Geezzz, it's a rough life but sombody's gotta do it, right :)

KR> i have been using tc and bc++ for about 18 months, and find them
KR> excellent, of course, the choice of compiler is just about as
KR> objective as the choice of editor in most cases,

:)

KR> but i am happy with the product,


That's the important part. I just bought BC++ 4.5 with Database
Tools and the Visual Solutions Pack. At $359 it was a _steal_.
The bummer is that v5.0 is being release next week. The good news is
that my package has two free upgrades with it. What a bargain. If
you don't already have a student card, then get one. Even if you
have to beg, borrow or steal one (like I did ) and rush to your
nearest Hardly Normal store and have them order it for you. The
dealer price for that package is over $800 and they are selling it
to dickheads who wouldn't know how to use it for only $359. That
package also has 10 tons of printed documentation with it too.

KR> i find owl better than the competition.

I can't comment on that. The main reason I bought it was to finally
get a legal copy of the Borland Resource Workshop and the controls.

KR> i got an invite to the delphi launch last week, but wasn't able to go,
KR> if i had thought about it sooner i'd have offered it to anybody who
KR> wanted to go. all the reviews that i have seen (february byte has an
KR> intro to it) have been very positive,

Same here. Frank went. Bob lost interest when he found out that it
required 128Mb of disk space and a CD-ROM to load it . Of course
this was after I ordered and paid for his copy at the special price
of $250. If you're interested I have _one_ only copy at that price.

KR> but leave the doubt as to whether borland can compete with m$
KR> vb marketing machine.

Hmmm...The fuckers don't include a Language Reference Manual with
the package so all I can say is that they are learning...I'm going
to be placing one _VERY_SHITTY_ phone call tomorrow, I can tell you.

KR> anyway, it will be a while before i get back to programming - i got a
KR> new toy, a flat bed scanner, and photoshop 3, so i'm busy feeding all
KR> my old photos through it, guess i'd better try and "lose" one of the
KR> scsi 9 gig drives at work (-:

Wanna loose two ? :)

Cheers, Brenton
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