From: mba@tandon.com (Michael Ben-Ari (mba@tandon.com))
Subject: Re: New Microsoft Developer Network News
Organization: Tandon Corporation, Moorpark, CA
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 20:21:21 GMT

In article <CHUCK.PHILLIPS.92Jul21003451@colorado.FtCollinsCO.NCR.COM> Chuck.Phillips@FtCollinsCO.NCR.COM (Chuck Phillips) writes:
>Alistair> In article <16180007@hplsla.hp.com> dougp@hplsla.hp.com (Doug Passey) writes:
>>On the Win32 NT offer (CD only version):
>>
>>This is a preliminary version and the wording in the advertisement is
>>unclear on what you get when the final version of NT and the SDK come out.
>>Can someone at Microsoft clear this up, i.e. if you buy the CD only version
>>of this preliminary NT development environment, what, if anything, do you
>>get when the final version of all the tools and operating system is
>>released?
>
>
>>>>>> On 17 Jul 92 08:16:44 GMT, alistair@microsoft.com (Alistair Banks) said:
>Alistair> You get updates up to and including final release of Windows NT and
>Alistair> the Win32 SDK. If you buy the CD only version, you only get CDs -
>Alistair> the docs are on the CDs in postscript format
>
>Are the updates (CD ROM and docs) free?  If not, then approximately how much?
>For me, if the updates are free, it would be worth it to go ahead and spring
>for the whole shebang.  Otherwise, I'll probably wait for the beta.

Of course, the "Preliminary Windows32 SDK" is meant for developers only, and 
the hope on MS' end is that if you are going to purchase it $69 or $399 
(w/docs) is that you actually use it for developing Win32 Apps...  But who's
to stop you from purchasing the Preliminary CD-ROM today!

The official MS line (as far as I understand it) is...  You pay the $69 + 
shipping of ~$20.   This will include the Windows NT binaries for Mips/Intel
The Win32 SDK, Plus as an added advantage (because there are not really that
many Win32 C/C++ compilers out there) they will be giving you a version of 
their C/C++ 7.0 compiler that will compile 32 bit code.   You WILL get all
updates up to and including the final release of the SDK + the binaries.
(if you purchase the $399 Docs option you WILL recieve finals of the DOX as
well!)  The extra shipping costs are to cover ALL the updates instead of asking
you to pay for shipping of all updates when they are avilable...

Of course It's a great deal, and I've got it already (heck I can get started
today writting Win32 apps!!).  But be aware, DOS/Win16 support has NOT been
fully tested, and you will find bugs there.  They hope to get all that
straightened out by the Actual Beta time frame.  So if you really want
to just test WindowsNT, it would probably be best to wait till Sept.  I'm sure 
MS will make it just as inticing then to join on as they have for the
Prelim Win32 SDK.

Godd luck.

Hope this helps.

Mike

>
>	Thanks in advance,
>--
>Chuck Phillips  MS440
>NCR Microelectronics 			Chuck.Phillips@FtCollinsCO.NCR.COM
>2001 Danfield Ct.
>Ft. Collins, CO.  80525


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