Path: utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!xios!dont
From: dont@xios.XIOS.UUCP (Don Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk
Subject: Re: Softsmarts (Smalltalk-80 for AT)
Message-ID: <485@xios.XIOS.UUCP>
Date: 3 Mar 88 15:57:03 GMT
Article-I.D.: xios.485
Posted: Thu Mar  3 10:57:03 1988
References: <479@mv03.ecf.toronto.edu> <2299@pdn.UUCP>
Reply-To: dont@sdn.UUCP (Don Taylor)
Organization: XIOS Systems Corporation, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Its really sad to see a ST company go out of business, but I guess I
am not surprised because they were charging a ludicrous amount of
money for a PC/AT language package.  I bought ST/V from Digitalk, I
would have much preferred a 'real' ST-80 implementation, but there is
no way that I can justify $1000 for it.  I might have sprung upto $250,
maybe...   I am sure that I am not alone in this.

Does anyone know why they charged so much?  Is it because Xerox were
outragious on their $ demands on Softsmarts, or did Softsmarts simply
misjudge the market?   If it is the former, then I guess we will never
see a reasonably-priced ST-80 until someone straightens Xerox out.

cheers,  don.
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Don Taylor,                          
XIOS Systems Corporation,       ...!uunet!mnetor!dciem!nrcaer!xios!dont
1600 Carling Avenue, Suite 150,             
Ottawa, Ontario.                                    
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Canada.