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- Subject: Re: News on 2.1 Release
- Message-ID: <93022.164932LENBC@CUNYVM.BITNET>
- From: Spartacus/CUNY LC NY <LENBC@CUNYVM.BITNET>
- Date: Friday, 22 Jan 1993 16:49:32 EST
- References: <1993Jan21.183758.15203@mksol.dseg.ti.com><833qXB4w165w@tcscs.UUCP>
- Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center
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- In article <833qXB4w165w@tcscs.UUCP>, tcscs!zeta@src.honeywell.com (Gregory
- Youngblood) says:
- >
- >Who says no other software companies give free upgrades.
- >
- >I bought Turbo Pascal 6, and just a little while later 7 was released. I
- >called Borland and got a free upgrade, to BORLAND pascal 7 with everything.
- >
- >I thought that was VERY fair. Personally I'd have been happy with TP7, but
- >hey...they let me have BP7.
- >
- >Borland has a history of taking care of it's users...at least me and the
- >ones I know. When they released quattro pro 3 weeks after someone bought 2
- >he got 3 free from borland.
- >
- >I dont know about other companies..but I enjoy using Borland products and
- >appreciate the way they treat their customers. The only other company to do
- >anything similar in my experience has been IBM.
- >
- >Greg
-
- Ahhmm, meanwhile I'm waiting for BP for OS/2 and I'm pretty sure
- I'll be waiting a lot longer. Now if IBM decided to make a pascal
- compiler source code compatible with TP/BP all hugs and kisses to
- IBM :-) Naw, I doubt it will happen :( hmmm ???
-
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- ------------------------------+ All The Best,
- Reply To: |
- LenBC@CunyVM.Cuny.Edu | Edward Galarza
- LenBC@CunyVM.BitNet | Brooklyn College Of The
- IRC: Spartacus | City University Of New York
- ------------------------------+ "Que viva el OS/2! v2.1"
-