home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!ccsvax.sfasu.edu!z_kupkams
- From: z_kupkams@ccsvax.sfasu.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer
- Subject: Re: ALL PROGRAMMERS - Write Microsoft
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.235536.2548@ccsvax.sfasu.edu>
- Date: 24 Jan 93 23:55:36 CST
- References: <1jnhfnINNn11@uwm.edu><1993Jan22.155527.21535@msc.cornell.edu> <AfMi9Ze00WB505H0YO@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Organization: Stephen F. Austin State University
- Lines: 49
-
- In article <AfMi9Ze00WB505H0YO@andrew.cmu.edu>, "Peter W. De Bonte" <pd2n+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
- >
- >> ALL PROGRAMMERS! Please do the same! If we send enough request to
- > < the MASM division of Microsoft, perhaps they will consider us real
- >> enough to be included in future releases. They give you a postage
- > < free envelope. Just add a note (preferrably on company letterhead)
- >> saying:
- >
- >> "Thank you for the information concerning MASM 6.1. However, we are
- > < committed to supporting OS/2 environments. Would you please send me
- >> information on a 32 bit version of MASM supporting OS/2 2.0. Thank
- > < you."
- >
- > Don't forget to put an "ATTN: Management" (or something like that) in
- > the address or it will probably just be tossed out by some data entry
- > sales person who doesn't want to get out of his chair to forward it.
- > (People are lazy these days)
- >
- > I happened to have the C/C++ w/ Win31 SDK upgrade envelope sitting
- > arround so I have also sent in a letter in regards to my disapointment
- > in MSC no longer supporting OS/2 development. In it I also wrote that
- > many other comp.os.os2.programmer subscribers would also be sending
- > letters of decline. Ok, this was presumptous of me, but I figure were
- > all have at least similar complaints.
- >
- > Please don't let your fellow OS/2 developers down with your silence!
- >
- > Work hard and prosper,
- >
- > Pete W. De Bonte (x4173) pwd+@cmu.edu
- > "Knolege is powef, Speling is unimportnt" (but pd2n is unaceptable)
-
- I talked to MS about MASM 6.1, and asked specifically if it supported
- OS/2? He said not OS/2 has been dropped from 6.1, but MS will still offer 6.0
- with OS/2 support. BTW 6.0 DOES 32-bit!!!
-
- I also asked about C 6.0, and MS said that they will continue to sell/support
- C 6.0 for OS/2 users.
-
- Now granted, the guy I talked to could have been wrong about future support,
- but from his rapid ( yes rapid not rabid ) response, he must have heard the
- question before.
-
- Michael Kupka
-
-
-
-
-
-