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From: rfenney@directnet.com (Robert J. Fenney)
Subject: Re: VA: VisualAge and IBM Smalltalk platforms and the future
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Date: Wed, 6 Sep 1995 19:53:46 GMT
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In article <422f3m$1o1u@sernews.raleigh.ibm.com>, whiteman@vnet.ibm.com
wrote:

> IBM is committed to wide platform coverage for VisualAge and IBM
> Smalltalk.  We plan to provide support for platforms that are important
> to our customers while emphasizing:
>   o Portability across these platforms (the same excellent
>     portability we provide between OS/2 and Windows today with V2)
>   o Use of native platform widgets
> 
> In the immediate future, IBM will be providing development and runtime
> support for AIX as our first support for Unix platforms.  Beta testing
> has begun for this environment and will continue through 1995 until
> general availability.
> 
> IBM views Windows 95 and Windows NT as critical platforms and plans to
> provide support for these platforms soon.  We have begun testing of
> VisualAge and IBM Smalltalk on these platforms.  When we are far enough
> along with this testing, we will announce our specific plans for
> delivery of development and runtime support for Windows 95 and Windows
> NT.  We expect this announcement to be in the fourth quarter of 1995.
> 
> HP Unix and Sun Solaris are the next highest priority Unix environments
> that IBM intends to support for VisualAge and IBM Smalltalk.  IBM plans
> to begin porting work to these environments in 4Q95 and expects to make
> an announcement of availability for VisualAge and IBM Smalltalk on HP
> Unix and Sun Solaris sometime in 4Q95.
> 
> The IBM VisualAge Team

What is the time frame for your Mac port?
