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From: foda@kunivv1.sci.kun.nl (O. Foda)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk
Subject: Re: Comparison of Smalltalk/V, Parc Place
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Date: 7 Jun 90 11:45:16 GMT
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ski2@milton.acs.washington.edu (Chris Kacoroski) writes:

>In article <9314@pt.cs.cmu.edu> ns@cat.cmu.edu (Nicholas Spies) writes:
>>On the subject of the price of PPS Smalltalk-80: I feel that they would be
>>doing themselves (and us!) a greater service if they priced ST-80 at
>>rock-bottom to assure a much larger user base, meaning better support, more
>>books, etc.  Better to soak a lot of people a little than vice-versa.

>I feel that PPS Smalltalk-80 is reasonably priced when compared to
>other professional environments available such as MPW or MS C.  Plus,
>you get a complete development system and not part of one.




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>"Disclaimer: The opinions expressed above are my own..."
>Chris 'ski-' Kacoroski		email: ski2@milton.acs.washington.edu	

Yes, but in contrast with all the other products you list, with 
Smalltalk you cannot make stand-alone applications that you can 
 use to get your investment back. Omar Foda: foda@sci.kun.nl