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- From: jcmorris@mwunix.mitre.org (Joe Morris)
- Subject: Re: IBM Developer's Workset/2 - who knows what's in it?
- Message-ID: <jcmorris.721933576@mwunix>
- Keywords: info wanted - detailed if possible!
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- Organization: The MITRE Corporation
- References: <1992Nov13.131134.13201@bnr.ca>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 17:06:16 GMT
- Lines: 70
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- cheetham@bcarh774.bnr.ca (Rob Cheetham) writes:
-
- > Has anyone here got the IBM Developer's Workset/2 package
- >(#10G2995), the one that's on special until April something-
- >or-other? The price differene here in Canada is pretty steep,
- >so if this is a good package I'd like to get it while
- >the deal's on (reg. $1095, now $445 - to my best remembrance,
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >so put the flamethrowers down...).
-
- I assume that you're quoting in Canadian dollars, but even so the current
- IBM/Link data base shows the price to be US$939, up from US$895 as
- of 8/24/92. Where was the "special" announced?
-
- > Obviously it must contain the C Set/2 compiler, but exactly what
- >else is in it? Does it have the online API documentation and all that?
- >Has anyone used it, and what were their impressions?
-
- Here's the product description which I just pulled down:
-
- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= begin included text =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
-
- o IBM OS/2 Version 2.0 Developer's Workbench consists of IBM OS/2 Version
- 2.0 Developer's Toolkit and IBM WorkFrame/2 Version 1.0 program packages.
- The IBM OS/2 Version 2.0 Developer's Workbench convenience kit provides
- the user with a flexible, language-independent base for application
- development.
-
- o IBM C Developer's WorkSet/2 adds the IBM C Set/2 Version 1.0 program
- package to the above IBM OS/2 Version 2.0 Developer's Workbench. The IBM
- C Developer's WorkSet/2 convenience kit provides the user with a
- self-contained, 32-bit OS/2 C language application development
- environment.
-
- The licensed programs which constitute the IBM OS/2 Version 2.0 Developers
- Workbench and IBM C Developer's WorkSet/2 products are available separately.
- These three program packages as well as the IBM OS/2 Version 2.0 Technical
- Library are described as follows:
-
- o IBM OS/2 Version 2.0 Developer's Toolkit is a comprehensive selection of
- language-independent build tools, productivity tools and sample programs,
- on-line reference information and a kernel debugger. The IBM OS/2
- Version 2.0 Developer's Toolkit is designed to help the developer exploit
- the IBM Operating System/2 Version 2.0 (OS/2 V2.0) Application
- Programming Interfaces (API's).
-
- o IBM WorkFrame/2 Version 1.0 is a configurable project-oriented
- application development environment featuring an SAA/CUA* conforming user
- interface. It is built with an open interface to serve as the
- integration point for the tools in the IBM OS/2 Version 2.0 Developer's
- Toolkit as well as tools supporting C and other languages. IBM
- WorkFrame/2 allows both 16- and 32-bit OS/2 tools to be plugged in.
-
- o IBM C Set/2 Version 1.0 consists of both a 32-bit SAA C Compiler with its
- run-time libraries that generates code for IBM Operating System/2 Version
- 2.0, and a fully interactive, full function, source level PM debugger.
-
- o IBM OS/2 Version 2.0 Technical Library is a comprehensive set of
- publications designed to complement the IBM OS/2 Version 2.0 Developer's
- Workbench and help the programmer take full advantage of the programming
- interfaces provided in IBM Operating System/2 Version 2.0.
-
- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= end included text =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
-
- It sounds like it's roughly equivalent to the MSC7/WIN31SDK package,
- for about twice the list price of the Microsoft package. If there
- really is a public promotion for something resembling the $400+ price
- then the product has some sales potential.
-
- Joe Morris / MITRE
-