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Open Watcom 1.2 Released
An anonymous reader writes "Open Watcom 1.2 has been released and is now available
for download from
the Open Watcom website. This release contains a large number of new
features, product enhancements and several fixs designed to bring Open Watcom
to a higher level of quality and compatibility. SciTech software Inc, the official
maintainers of the Open Watcom project, have also announced the availability
of an updated Open
Watcom CD, complete with SciTechs installer for DOS,
OS/2, and windows. Support for the update will be handled exclusively through
the Open Watcom website. Read More." According to the web site, "the Watcom C/C++ and Fortran products will be the first mass market, proprietary compilers to be Open Sourced."
I would have paid good money for a free Watcom back in about 1992. Well, unless it was free that is, then I would have kept my money. Watcom was big news back then, and seemed to have all the features my Borland C++ 3 lacked.
Is this still a useful product for people? Is the Windows support going to be good enough that it will supplant any of the other development options a Windows user has?
Most importantly, does it support Expanded and Extended memory?
Let's not stir that bag of worms...
your logic makes perfect sense. Unfortunately, this is slashdot. They should open source their DB and make money by selling support contracts.
Do you even lift?
These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.