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From: stefan@linkoping.telesoft.se (Stefan Ahlqvist)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif
Subject: re: TeleUSE Summary
Message-ID: <763@castor.linkoping.telesoft.se>
Date: 30 May 91 14:16:58 GMT
Organization: TeleSoft AB, Linkoping, Sweden
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Two months ago there was a summary of comments about TeleUSE. I think most
comments were quite adequate, but I wish to clarify some facts:

> The company hired a new head of marketing, they radically changed the
> product direction, most of the engineering staff has moved on, and the
> company is in the process of self-destructing.

Well, I know for sure that the engineering staff has NOT moved on (they're
sitting is this very room right now, coding fervently, so I'm pretty sure...).

Regarding product directions, Telesoft has always had a clear strategy for
TeleUSE:
  First, to provide support for everything a developer might need.
  Then, to ensure that output quality is as good as if hand written
  After that, to further increase productivity and extend the support to 
    closely related areas.

This has been the strategy since the very start of TeleUSE, and it has not
changed since. 

Nor is the talk about "self-destruction" true; I trust I am better informed
than the person who wrote it.

Most of the other negative comments was about the quality of TeleUSE-
generated applications:

- No support for UIL or C

- Lots of "funny" (i.e. TeleUSE specific) files have to be shipped along with
  the TeleUSE application in order to make it work.

- Sources not available to all parts of the generated application.

All this is correct, BUT fortunately the next release (TeleUSE 2.0), due real
soon now :-), particularly focuses on the output quality:

+ Generated output is C or UIL, optionally in combination with an Xresource 
  file

+ Only the executable needs to be shipped.

+ All parts, needed to link the application (e.g. libraries), are provided 
  in source format

Other important improvements are:

+ Motif code detatched, so that you can always "plug in" the latest version
  yourself

+ Reworked user interface

Stefan Ahlqvist
TeleSOFT, Sweden