Xref: utzoo comp.lang.smalltalk:2368 comp.os.os2.misc:392 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!samsung!munnari.oz.au!metro!news From: objtch@extro.ucc.su.oz.au (Peter Goodall) Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.os.os2.misc Subject: Re: IBM and Digitalk's Smalltalk /VPM Keywords: IBM Digitalk Smalltalk ParcPlace Message-ID: Date: 26 Nov 90 22:00:20 GMT References: <1990Nov20.193618.23602@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de> <1990Nov21.174406.16610@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de> <5467@taylord> Sender: news@metro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (news) Distribution: comp Organization: Uni Computing Service, Uni of Sydney, Australia Lines: 30 Nntp-Posting-Host: extro.ucc.su.oz.au taylord@spock (Don Taylor) writes: >I received a Digitalk newsletter talking about this deal. My reaction, >however, was quite negative. As far as I can recall, everytime a big company >like IBM or AT&T has embraced a small company's product as their standard then >it has been the kiss of death (or at least of long and lingering illness) for >the company and the product. >Don. >-- >Don Taylor (613)-592-2122 x 3007 mitel!taylord@uunet.uu.net >Mitel Corp. ...!uunet!mitel!taylord >350 Legget Drive, Kanata >Ontario, Canada, K2K 1X3 Could this be why it takes Digitalk two months to answer my faxes. Also they could do with a connection to the net. Does anyone know of a public access Unix box near them (L.A.) so I can give them the details? ---------------------------- Peter Goodall Smalltalk Systems Consultant ObjecTech P/L 162 Burns Bay Rd, LANE COVE , NSW, AUSTRALIA objtch@extro.ucc.su.oz.au