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From: milod@netcom.com (John DiCamillo)
Subject: Re: Microsoft enters the Smalltalk IDE market? True?
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blowther@micron.net (Bruce W. Lowther) writes:
>bytesmiths@aol.com (Bytesmiths) wrote:

>>I read a lot of "help wanted" ads from various OO sources. Most of the big
>>players on earth are searching for experienced Smalltalk people, EXCEPT
>>Microsloth. They're looking for "C/C++" (as if they're not sure there's a
>>difference between the two! :-)

>>If Micro$oft were going to break into Smalltalk, wouldn't they be looking
>>for Smalltalkers? I guess it's possible they've home-grown all of them the
>>need...

>I noticed the same thing.  Although I did see one lone Microserf at
>the ParcPlace users conference in '94.  I've had nighmares about
>Microsoft buying out Parcplace...and at PP-DT's currently traded price
>I don't think MS would have much of a problem doing just that.

>It looks like they have concluded that C++ will inherit the earth...if
>they can get the *&%^%$^%$ thing to compile without a warning.

Hah!  Microsoft has concluded that *Visual Basic* will
inherit the earth.  I once asked a Microsoft technical
evangelist why MS didn't offer a "Visual Smalltalk".
He responded: "Well, tell us what you like about Small-
talk, and we'll put it in VB!!"

Everyone else in the room screamed in unison, "D'oh!"

-- 
    ciao,
    milo
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