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- From: panu@ajk.tele.fi (Panu Viljamaa)
- Subject: Re: SmallTalk Products Recommendation
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.102237.14258@ajk.tele.fi>
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- Organization: Telecom Finland
- References: <1993Jan22.003829.39338@ssfarch.attmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 10:22:37 GMT
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- > We are currently in search of PC (Windows) and Mac based
- > (Smalltalk)
-
- We worked with both ObjectWorks (ParcPlace) &
- Smalltalk-V (Digitalk). Unfortunately they seem
- to be the only major players. Their systems
- (= the libraries) are not as compatible with each
- other as you would like. More or less you have to
- choose one and stick to it.
-
- Main points in favor of each:
-
- Digitalk:
- - Cheap
-
- - No run time license, so you can actually make
- a product with little risk.
-
- - Less programming tools but you can (should)
- by them from 3. party.
-
- - Less portability between Mac & PC but better
- integration with each environment (eg: support
- for DLL:s & XCMDs).
-
- - GUI is exactly the native GUI of each environment
-
-
- Parc Place (Objectworks for Smalltalk)
-
- - Expensive.
- - Excellent programming environment.
-
- - Excellent binary portability
- (when using the SAME release).
-
- - Run time licences, but if you have big
- internal user-base, tolerable. However,
- if the system doesn't get into widespread use,
- you lose money.
-
- - Objectworks is akin to Windows, to run
- applications you need to buy the 'substrate'.
- Unfortunately there aren't many commercial
- packages available to run on top of it, so
- YOUR system has to justify the cost alone.
-
- - GUI does not quite conform to the native style
- used on each of the platforms.
-
- Take you pick !
-
- Panu
-
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- Panu Viljamaa (panu@ajk.tele.fi)
- Telecom Finland Business Systems R&D
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