Microsoft is discontinuing sales of its own Fortran PowerStation 4.0 to the channel effective April 1, 1997, and is recommending DIGITAL's Visual Fortran 5.0 as the approved upgrade for current scientific and engineering customers. It features the combined strengths of DIGITAL's Fortran 90 compiler technology and Microsoft Developer Studio. DIGITAL's first product under the arrangement, DIGITAL(tm) Visual Fortran 5.0 for the Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows NT operating systems, can be ordered beginning March 19 for shipments starting next month. today announced an agreement under which DIGITAL will license the Microsoft Developer Studio(tm) visual development system. Here is a portion of the press release (for the full text: see http:\\MAYNARD, Mass., and REDMOND, Wash. Most NONMEM users with PC's and Windows 95/NT have been using the Microsoft Fortran 4.0 compiler.Īs some of you may may know, Microsoft discontinued sales of Powerstation Fortran 4.0 earlier this month, and will soon discontine support for it, although some software vendors still have PowerStation 4.0 in stock and are still selling it.
