Subject: More CWIN confusion

From: Carlos McEvilly <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 11:30:38 EST

Another new product shown at the recent software applications
show in Taipei was a Windows 3.1 version of the III (ROC Institute
for Information Industry) CWIN package.  This means that there are
still at least two versions of Chinese Windows surviving in the
market.  On the III package, no effort was made to clear up the
confusion this will surely bring about.  The package was selling for
$2000 to $3000 NT, or $80 to $120 US, depending on which booth you
bought it from.

The III CWIN is a set of drivers that are installed after MS Windows
English edition, providing Chinese capabilities.  There were posts
several months ago on CCNET-L with more information on the various
(three total, I think) Chinese Windows products available.

I don't have any more information on the III product, but just wanted
to put this on the list to remind newcomers that "CWIN" does not
always refer to the same package.  And to inform everyone that
Microsoft still has some competition for Chinese Windows.

If anyone knows, can you tell us:

  - Will III make a SDK (Software development kit) available?
  - Will III CWIN support Unicode in the future?