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From: rueger@iml.fhg.de (Michael Rueger)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk
Subject: Re: Smalltalk Release 4
Message-ID: <1991Jan17.091556@itwdo.fhg.de>
Date: 17 Jan 91 08:15:56 GMT
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In article <2941@laura.UUCP> A. Toenne writes:


>>the removal of BOSS from the basic image to be a dreadful commercial
>>ploy.  I am refusing to pay for the extra package just to get it.  

>I agree.


Me too.
As we are currently developing a new simulator in Smalltalk heavily relying
on BOSS (Filing in and out models, component runtime code etc.) I am 
much disappointed about PPS policy.

Top of all, this developers package or whatever they will call it, seems not
to be available right now (at least in Germany). Someone correct me,
if this is not true.

BTW, did anybody (Andreas ?) try to just use the old BOSS stuff within R4 ?
What about license problems doing this ? (PPS are you listening ?).


            Michael Rueger
            rueger@iml.fhg.de


P.S. This is my first posting, so please forgive any mistakes.