Xref: cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu comp.unix.misc:8269 comp.os.ms-windows.misc:10167 comp.os.os2.advocacy:18369Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacyPath: cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!das-news.harvard.edu!noc.near.net!uunet!leviticus!daily!mfraioliFrom: mfraioli@grebyn.com (Marc Fraioli)Subject: Re: (Some info) The DOS/MSW meltdown is progressing nicelyMessage-ID: <1993May1.195102.6095@grebyn.com>Organization: Grebyn TimesharingReferences: <1rqn1f$n3k@almaak.usc.edu> <messinaC6B7zL.IHo@netcom.com>Date: Sat, 1 May 1993 19:51:02 GMTLines: 32In article <messinaC6B7zL.IHo@netcom.com> messina@netcom.com (Tony Porczyk) writes:>ajayshah@almaak.usc.edu (Ajay Shah) writes:>>>"The Preferred Applications Development Platform">>according to 432 of the Fortune 1000 corporations>>Survey by Sentry Market Research Survey>>                1992            1993>>Unix              18              28>>Mainframe         35              22>>DOS & MSW         24              18>>Development of what?  In-house apps?  Maybe, but  certainly not apps>to be sold on an open market.  Statistics like that are laughable,>because they may simply mean that there are not enough shrink-wrapped>usable apps for UNIX and they have to be developed disproportionately>often as compared to the installed UNIX base.>>t.>Actually, you might be surprised to find that not everyone who developsmainstream DOS and Windows apps develops them under DOS or Windows.  PCWeek recently printed a rumor that Microsoft's Excel development groupdoes its development under OS/2.  Another trade rag did an articlerecently about a group doing Windows development on Sun SPARCstationswith SoftPC to test out their work.  SCO Unix is and has been areasonably popular development platform for DOS, Windows, and even OS/2apps.  DOS and Windows are simply not robust or stable enough fordevelopment work, IMHO, and apparently others agree.-- Marc Fraiolimfraioli@grebyn.com	        	(So I'm a minimalist...)