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From: sehyo@netcom.com (Sehyo Chang)
Subject: Re: ParcPlace-Digitalk Merger... Opinions?
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Bill Hyman (bill.hyman@bsis.com) wrote:
: Hello all.  Been lurking for quite awhile, but feel the need to 
: express some opinions on the latest news about the merger (I can 
: e-mail you the press release if you want).

: First, let me preface this by saying that I am a Digitalk user, but
: have looked at all of the Smalltalk dialects at some time in the
: past few years. I have always admired the amount of abstraction
: and thoughtfulness placed into the ParcPlace framework, even when not
: impressed with the "look-and-feel" of the product and resulting 
: applications. Digitalk has always appealed to my need for performance
: and native operating system look-and-feel" while at the same time
: sacrificing a more rigorous OO framework. I hope that the merger will
: bring out the best of both products in a cohesive and usable manner.

: What I fear is that we will end up with a complicated mix of products
: and consulting services, irrevocably crippling both dialects of Smalltalk
: along with the hope that Smalltalk might become a widely accepted
: development tool.

: Any predictions as to what happens now?

I disagree, I think it will be starting of mature phase of Smalltalk
marketplace.  It will be like AT&T, MCI and Sprint(Parq+DigiTalk,Effin,QKS?)
The new combined entity has more resources for customer service,wide
selection of industrial strength products and can elinimiate duplication
functions. Question is which GUI builder will be gone? VW or PARTS?
What about third party product that dependent on them ? 


-- sehyo chang
