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From: billf@medicus.com (Bill Foote)
Subject: Re: Price of Smalltalk
Message-ID: <1995Jan10.193308.13388@medicus.com>
Organization: Medicus Clinical Data Systems, Alameda, CA
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Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 19:33:08 GMT
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In article <3dqt96$7aj@sundog.tiac.net> Bob Edison <bobe@tiac.com> writes:
>Subject: Price of Smalltalk
>From: Bob Edison <bobe@tiac.com>
>Date: 28 Dec 1994 05:32:22 GMT

>I don't see how Smalltalk can ever reach a critical mass of developers
>when companies charge such enormous prices for their products. ParcPlace
>runs at least $3,000 for a single license, 
>
>	<...>

How sad that companies are so short-sighted.  I don't know what you
all are making, but at my rate of pay I probably cost my company $3000
every two or three months :-)  Would an increase in productivity of
even just 10% pay for itself?  Many times over!

It reminds me of a quote I saw on a poster advertising Bell motorcycle
helmets:  "If you have a $5 head, wear a $5 helmet".  I wonder how many
of us are using pocket knives (or VisualPocketKnife++'s) to fell redwoods?
--
Bill Foote                   | Oh, and I suppose *you'd* prefer a little
billf@medicus.com            | animated clown who would juggle over to the
Medicus Systems              | little file cabinet and then wink at you and
Alameda, CA USA              | point to the right drawer    -- Crow T. Robot
