Better yet, take advantage of the Device/Environment bundle which has at
times been a deal. I remember paying something like $500ish for the 1.0
release with a pilot 5000. Which, at the time was a steal and a no-brainer.
Don't know if the bundles are as effective today as they were then.
I too wish to be productive and for me that means a consistant evironment
across my platforms. My Mac (perfered) and My Winders when I have to...
even if/when the bitmaps get munged.
I started to play with gcc on the pc side a couple of times, but for me, as
subjective as it is, I find the CW stuff far more productive. Of course
that's probably my Mac heritage coming forth.
MD
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Pellegrino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, April 08, 1999 11:09 AM
Subject: RE: gcc vs anything else
>First, no conscience consumer is going to pay $360 for CodeWarrior.
>They are going to pay $271 + S & H at www.buycomp.com or even less at
>some auction house.
>
>Second, hand a novice user a copy of CW and a copy of gcc. The novice
>will be able to install the environment, create a project, compile it,
>install it on a device, and run it in about 30 minutes. I know because
>I was a novice to the Palm when I did just what I described. Just try
>doing that with gcc. I tried to do the same with gcc and spent a few
>hours getting everything installed and usable. Now granted, I may just
>be a putz who was slow to figure out gcc, but the fact remains that I
>was more productive with CW.
>
>I really hate testimonials though because they are usually factless
>and/or subjective. I will refer you to an objective HandHeld systems
>magazine article that compares the two at
>http://www.wademan.com/Pilot/Program/GCCvsCW.htm. Watch for breaks in
>the URL.
Mike
