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From: glang@Autodesk.COM (Gary Lang)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk
Subject: Re: Interface Builders?
Message-ID: <1386@autodesk.COM>
Date: 17 Dec 90 07:59:13 GMT
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In-reply-to: objtch@extro.ucc.su.oz.au's message of 10 Dec 90 23:02:41 GMT

>If SUN wants to become really effective in this market, it should put
>some pressure on development environment suppliers to revise their marketing
>strategies.

Yes, and this is why there is no Improv, WordPerfect, Microphone, etc.
on the Suns. But I wouldn't count them out.

I'd love to see Smalltalk selling for $300-$600 on the Sun IPC platform
for example. Why is this not a good idea? Does PP seriously doubt
that they'd sell at least 5 times as many copies as they do now?

On the other hand maybe they've already gone over this and just have
to price their products this way. This doesn't seem to say much
in favor about the expected pervasiveness of ST however.

Anyway, if ParcPlace can get their prices to Digitalk's levels it'd
be a hard thing to beat.

- g