From: jcmorris@mwunix.mitre.org (Joe Morris)
Subject: Re: IBM Developer's Workset/2 - who knows what's in it?
Keywords: info wanted - detailed if possible!
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 17:06:16 GMT

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:

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  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.

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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
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer