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From: rgatkinson@watmum.UUCP (Robert Atkinson)
Newsgroups: net.ai
Subject: Re: Xerox Dandelion vs. Symbolics?  [vs. Tek 4400 series]
Message-ID: <599@watmum.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 15-Sep-86 08:58:18 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 15 08:58:18 1986
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Reply-To: rgatkinson@watmum.UUCP (Robert Atkinson)
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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In article <580001@hpcnoe.UUCP> jad@hpcnoe.UUCP (John Dilley) writes:
>> 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
...

	Smalltalk is now (finally!) available from Xerox.  An organization
	known as Parc Place Systems is now lisencing both the virtual 
	image and virtual machine implementations for Suns and other
	workstations.  For further info contact:
		Duane Bay
		Parc Place Systems
		3333 Coyote Hill Rd
		Palo Alto, CA 94304

	-bob