Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!munnari.oz.au!metro!news From: objtch@extro.ucc.su.oz.au (Peter Goodall) Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk Subject: Re: Interface Builders? Message-ID: Date: 10 Dec 90 23:02:41 GMT References: <660381587@ <5600017@m.cs.uiuc.edu> <6326@mace.cc.purdue.edu> <755@parcplace.com> <1212@autodesk.COM> Sender: news@metro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (news) Organization: Uni Computing Service, Uni of Sydney, Australia Lines: 27 Nntp-Posting-Host: extro.ucc.su.oz.au glang@Autodesk.COM (Gary Lang) writes: >Adele and company read my lips: microcomputers are not minicomputers. >A $5000 compiler on a VAX is worth about $50 on a microcomputer. >Isn't this obvious by now? Also note that SUN Microsystems is now competing with Apple and the IBM clone hordes for the high performance personal desktop. This market does not easily accept minicomputer prices for development systems or applications. Especially when it already has seen the quality and value of the Borland and Digitalk environments. If SUN wants to become really effective in this market, it should put some pressure on development environment suppliers to revise their marketing strategies. ---------------------------- Peter Goodall Smalltalk Systems Consultant ObjecTech P/L 162 Burns Bay Rd, LANE COVE , NSW, AUSTRALIA objtch@extro.ucc.su.oz.au