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From: klimas@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com
Newsgroups: comp.object
Subject: Re: The Emperor Strikes Lethe
Message-ID: <4242.2805b78d@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com>
Date: 12 Apr 91 18:35:09 GMT
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In article <43.UUL1.3#913@acw.UUCP>, guthery@acw.UUCP (Scott Guthery) writes:
	a lot of misinformed opinion about oops.  I just returned from
	the International Programmable Controls Conference in Detroit
	where I saw several OOPS based products (including at least 
	two Smalltalk based) on display, ready for sale.  These applications 
	were running on general purpose comodity PC's and are intended for 
	high reliability applications.  Market forces also dictate that 
	these products run faster and more reliably than their existing 
	counterparts to be successful. I would suggest that there is a 
	disturbing disconnect between market reality and many of the points
	Mr Guthery has made.