patrickd@chinet.chi.il.us (Patrick Deupree) (05/29/90)
In article <199@abhg.UUCP> misko@abhg.UUCP (William Miskovetz) writes: >Is anyone a little bent out of shape at Microsoft over the Windows 3.0 >Software Development Kit? > Nope. Not a bit. >It seems like I have been trying for a year to get one of these. Now >that Windows 3.0 is available, I've called the MS Windows Hotline, and >they tell me they won't have any SDK info for at least a month. Well, you have one of a few choices at this time. You can get on the Microsoft beta program (sign up for OnLine support, get the proper non-disclosure forms, etc). Another choices is to use a 3rd party developer tool (such as ours). We allow people to make full Windows 3.0 applications now. Programs that have full access to all the Windows 3.0 SDK calls, that run in enhanced mode on 386s (but will also work on the 86 and 286 computers), and so on. There are other 3rd party app generation tools (such as Asymetrix Toolbook) that are also available, but many use DLL's to expand the system and without the SDK you'd be a little stuck if you wanted to implement a feature not supported by the package. >understand how a company can release this new interface, and not have >development kits for software developers. Previous versions of Windows >were too slow, and didn't allow enough memory for my/our package to >run. In theory, Windows 3.0 corrects this. But, I will be at least >6 months late to market since Microsoft doesn't see fit to make the >SDK available. How did all these companies that are on the list that >came with the 3.0 upgrade offer port their software to 3.0? Who do you >have to know at Microsoft to get a 3.0 SDK? I'm a registered owner of >the old Windows SDK, but that doesn't seem to be enough. > >Seems like it's going to be tough to convince people that Windows 3.0 >is a real interface if you can't write software for it... > >Bill Miskovetz >{uunet!lll-winken, apple!mathworks}!abhg!misko >abhg!misko@lll-winken.llnl.gov -- "Organized fandom is composed of a bunch of nitpickers with a thing for trivial pursuit." -Harlan Ellison Patrick Deupree -> patrickd@chinet.chi.il.us