> DN> > If that's Borland's agreement, I can't even begin to imagine
 > DN> > what Microsoft's would be like!

 > DN> There is no such restrictions in Microsoft's license agreement.

 > According to April 94 DJJ, Borland were basically trying to stop MS
 > from using Borland tools to build competing products.

J'z, why would MS bother? They already have control of the OS itself, and
their tools development is already using an beta compiler release with
32-bit capability, C++ exceptions, rtti and templates with the same
finely-tuned and very aggressive optimizer that Borland's compiler has
never been able to compete with on any platform. Microsoft was producing
32-bit C compilers in 1987!  If Borland have offered this information, I'm
not sure whether to consider it paranoia or just a very lame excuse.

The beta release I refer to will be eventually released as VC++ 2.0. AFAIK,
it is already available to any accredited NT developer.


david

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