We forgot very quickly that there was an entire generation of developers who paid $1000-2000 or more for an MSDN subscription just as the base cost for doing business.
Or $800 for a COBOL|FORTRAN|C|AP/L compiler, plus $600 for a debugger.
At least when you upgraded the next year, you got $20 off!
Or $800 for a COBOL|FORTRAN|C|AP/L compiler, plus $600 for a debugger.
At least when you upgraded the next year, you got $20 off!