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From: sehyo@netcom.com (Sehyo Chang)
Subject: Re: Object Technology: What will JAVA do that Smalltalk won't do?
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Axel Kramer (axel@well.com) wrote:
: another tack, this might be snobbish :-)

: Maybe Java will make it exciting again to write interesting applications?

: Not as much money to make as writing Smalltalk applications, 
: but no big bureaucrazys, no conversions of COBOL-like legacy 
: systems, no trying to cast Smalltalk's dynamic nature into a 
: straight-jacket by neurotic and reasonable MIS departments,...

: It is a new frontier:  dynamically loaded stuff, lots of little
: pieces trying to fit together, security, distribution, remote
: debugging, code libraries all over the world competing with 
: and contradicting each other.   All in the context of the ever growing 
: www-sea with cute pictures/fonts/qt-movies...

: What's the guys' name again with the Volcanic Theory of Art?  Same
: thing.  Smalltalks' temperature is coming down, warm enough to
: touch for MIS folks in major industries. 

Almost like when we saw Smalltalk for first time.  In addition, it 
has backing of company with 2$bil capitalization against ParcPlace's
meager resources.  I think it is time for new paradigm,
"Internet Operation System".

-- sehyo

