Re: What Smalltalk product/implementation would you use, and why?

Boris Popov wrote:
Right, which is fine, but why can't you just sell it to your partners
at reduced rate? If you sell it online for $1,000 and to your partners
for $100 then pay the royalties on $100, would that be a problem?


Again, if had to do something like this, I would.

I'm not saying Cincom's pricing model is bad or unfair. I'm simply saying that I prefer what I see as the less complicated alternative, but keep in mind, that isn't the only reason I choose VA over VW. I just point it out because, if it matters to us, it might matter to someone else.

The original question was asking what environment we use and why? If VisualAge didn't exist, I might work with VW. I try to stay relativelive current with the NC versions so I am aware of how hard it would be to port applications from VA to VW. I also look to see how hard it would be to port VA apps to Dolphin. The first application I wanted to port, a graphics application that was running too slow under VA, I ported to Dolphin because it was a Windows app, and the native widgets are identicle to those in the users' other applications. So, it's not just the runtime fees, it's the whole picture.

The biggest issue of them all is the fact that I'm in VA now, I have years of work and many applications already installed and being maintainted - why would I want to change?

Dan

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