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From: voss@sunc5.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: INFOWORLD, Smalltalk-80 4.0
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Date: 18 Sep 90 22:35:00 GMT
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> Just by way of contrast:  Smalltalk V/286 lists at $250, and schools
> can get very inexpensive site licenses.

ParcPlace also offers very inexpensive site licenses to schools.

> Yes, it's a stripped down version of Smalltalk.  There's no free
> lunch here.  But not everybody devlopes software that only runs on
> $5,000 systems.

True, I prefer systems which cost more than $5,000.  ;-)
I've yet to meet a fellow Smalltalk hacker who prefers the baby systems!
Willing to use them -- YES, but honestly prefer them -- NO WAY.

Workstation (circa 1980) 1meg x 1mip x 1megapixel-mono
Workstation (circa 1990) 16meg x 16mip x 1megapixel-color
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