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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
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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
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