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From: rfenney@directnet.com (Robert J. Fenney)
Subject: Re: Smalltalk and the Internet
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In article <30AB7553.619E@stn14.me.calpoly.edu>, "Mark S. Johnson"
<mjohnson@stn14.me.calpoly.edu> wrote:

> I really hope the Smalltalk vendors take advantage of this opportunity.
> I could really use a "skinny client" or a "Smalltalk terminal emulator."
> 
> How hard would it be to have the "fat" model run on the server while
> communicating with a "skinny" view on the client?
> 
> Hasn't PP-D already shown that a VW windowSpec can be translated into HTML...and
> that Netscape can be used as such a skinny client? How is this progressing??
> 
> -- 
> Mark S. Johnson                 http://www.calpoly.edu/~mjohnson/

My prediction on Java is that it will start to grow in size very quickly so
that over the next year there will not be much difference between the size
of Smalltalk and Java. Java will increase as it becomes more of a general
client/server development environment like Smalltalk is today.

Robert
