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- From: brokow@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Mike Brokowski)
- Subject: Re: BC++ for OS/2 announced - NOT!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.011737.28150@news.acns.nwu.edu>
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- Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
- References: <Bxq9z6.HsJ@ecf.toronto.edu> <1992Nov16.211931.18273@borland.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 01:17:37 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov16.211931.18273@borland.com> sidney@borland.com
- (Sidney Markowitz) writes:
- >>I got this from a net in Canada:
- >>The Professional C and C++ Development System for OS/2
- >
- >Sorry, folks, but BC++ for OS/2 has not been released. I don't know
- >where that announcement came from. It certainly is written in an
- >official style, and it is no secret that BC++ for OS/2 is in beta test
- >and that we have an Early Experience Program to make beta copies
- >available for a fee to some people who did not make it into the free
- >beta program before it filled up, but whether or not the text of that
- >posting was originally written by anyone at Borland, it is not a
- >Borland product release announcement. I will not vouch for the
- >accuracy of any detail in that message, and I am not prepared to
- >answer questions about them.
- >
- >[...]
-
- Hey, folks at Borland: what's the deal here? I didn't take the
- original post with a lot of seriousness to begin with, but why
- the sudden panic? The "I got this from a net in Canada" post
- never *said* that it was a release statement. Did it? I don't
- recall a date mentioned.
-
- Just wondering where the fire was,
-
-