Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!bpa!cbmvax!vu-vlsi!cgh!amanue!jr From: jr@amanue.UUCP (Jim Rosenberg) Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk Subject: Re: Smalltalk-80 Facts Message-ID: <406@amanue.UUCP> Date: 24 Sep 88 20:40:59 GMT References: <364@parcplace.pplace.COM> Reply-To: jr@amanue.UUCP (Jim Rosenberg) Organization: Amanuensis Inc., Grindstone, PA Lines: 20 In article <364@parcplace.pplace.COM> dean@pplace () writes: >We at ParcPlace Systems enjoy reading all the recent net activity >regarding the Smalltalk-80 system. We'd like to take this opportunity >to correct two incorrect statements about the ParcPlace Smalltalk-80 >system which have appeared both recently and in the past. Has ParPlace ever gotten its act together and announced a *PRICE* for run-time systems so that "real" applications can be written in Smalltalk-80? It's not exactly viable commercially to write an application in a language where the end-user has to pay $1K just to license the langauge!! I've mentioned this to ParcPlace folk a couple of times. Each time they say yes, yes, we're going to have "reasonably" priced end-user run-time licenses -- but then they can't tell me what it will really cost. Digitalk wants $500/year for an unlimited run-time license, BTW. -- Jim Rosenberg CIS: 71515,124 decvax!idis! \ WELL: jer allegra! ---- pitt!amanue!jr BIX: jrosenberg uunet!cmcl2!cadre! /