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From: jad@hpcnoe.UUCP (John Dilley)
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Subject: Re: Xerox Dandelion vs. Symbolics?  [vs. Tek 4400 series]
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Date: Mon, 8-Sep-86 13:35:52 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep  8 13:35:52 1986
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> Why do people choose Symbolics/ZetaLisp/CommonLisp over
> Xerox Dandelion/Interlisp?
> ...
> 3)  People are ignorant of what the Dandelion has to offer.

	I have a file of quotes, one of which has to do with this
	problem Xerox seems to have.  I've heard great things about
	Dandelion/Interlisp, and their Smalltalk environments, but have
	never seen one of these machines in "real life" (whatever that
	is).  Anyway, the quote I was referring to is:

"It doesn't matter how great the computer is if nobody buys it. Xerox
proved that."
				--	Chris Espinosa

	And while we're at it ... remember Apple?

"One of the things we really learned with Lisa and from looking at what
 Xerox has done at PARC was that we could construct elegant, simple systems
 based on just a bit map..."
				--	Steve Jobs

	Seems like Xerox needed more advertising or something.  It's a
	shame to see such nice machines go unnoticed by the general
	public, especially considering what choices we're often left with.

			      --      jad      --
				 John A Dilley

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