From: blade DOT runner DOT shoots AT another DOT spam DOT bot (Alfons Hoogervorst) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Windows applications Date: Sun, 10 Aug 1997 16:47:02 GMT Organization: The Programming with Puns Facility Message-ID: <33edf078.7126850@news3.worldaccess.nl> References: <1F3E3E602F1 AT fs2 DOT mt DOT umist DOT ac DOT uk> <33EA6B8A DOT 3E0F019B AT a DOT crl DOT com> <33ecb469 DOT 11334138 AT news3 DOT worldaccess DOT nl> <33ECEA76 DOT 820E61AE AT a DOT crl DOT com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 193.67.132.196 Lines: 26 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk Lo Weiqi Gao : >The problem is that Windows is proprietary, and the really knowledgable >can profit writing for megazines or book publishers rather than the >Internet. When is the last time the Scott Wingo or Don Box answered any >questions on the Internet? I don't see a problem. There are even people selling their proprietary for a profit. Rethorically, when is the last time ms. C. Crawford answered my questions on the Internet? :-) Really, there are quite some (good) resources on Windows programming on the internet. With the availability of lcc, wingnuc/c++, rsxntdj, IMHO the only steeple is not Windows' proprietaryness (sp), but its horrible vastness, its horrible bugginess, and, in a sense, its horrible popularity. Bye. DISCLAIMER: Programming for Win16 and Win32 does not *imply* I prefer or like Microsoft or Windows. Honestly, I prefer apple pie! :-) +- Conceived through intercalation and juxtaposition -+ | systems programmer / word player avant la lettre | | proteus * worldaccess + nl | +-----------------------------------------------------+