Xref: utzoo comp.lang.smalltalk:2366 comp.os.os2.misc:391 Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!spock!taylord From: taylord@spock (Don Taylor) Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.os.os2.misc Subject: Re: IBM and Digitalk's Smalltalk /VPM Keywords: IBM Digitalk Smalltalk ParcPlace Message-ID: <5467@taylord> Date: 26 Nov 90 14:20:32 GMT References: <1990Nov20.193618.23602@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de> <1990Nov21.174406.16610@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de> Reply-To: taylord@taylord (Don Taylor) Distribution: comp Organization: Mitel. Kanata (Ontario). Canada. Lines: 14 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