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Article #321Re: health of Stepstone and ObjC
From: Izumi Ohzawa
Date: Thu, 23 May 1991 07:58
Date: Thu, 23 May 1991 07:58
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In article <1991May23.031433.11017@netcom.COM> rkitts@netcom.COM (Rick Kitts) writes: >In article <2058@camex.COM> geoff@circus.camex.com (Geoffrey Knauth) writes: >>I've been hearing ugly rumors that IBM dropped NeXTStep and that >>Stepstone and Objective-C are in trouble. Someone please tell me this >>is disinformation. > >I spoke with the president of Stepstone today regarding Stepstones >financial situation. I was told by the person who answered the phone >(not the pres) that SS was undergoing a ``reorganization'' and that >``very(?) few employees were left.''. The president then informed me I am a bit confused. How critical is Stepstone's continued operation to NeXT and NeXT users? What part of NeXT software is directly dependent on Stepstone? I am confused because I thought Objective-C compiler technology is now/soon part of GNU compiler, which is free. Izumi Ohzawa [ $@Bg_78^=;(J ] USMail: University of California, 360 Minor Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 Telephone: (415) 642-6440 Fax: (415) 642-3323 Internet: izumi@violet.berkeley.edu NeXTmail: izumi@pinoko.berkeley.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!apple!agate!mindseye!izumi From: izumi@mindseye.berkeley.edu (Izumi Ohzawa) Newsgroups: comp.lang.objective-c,comp.sys.next Subject: Re: health of Stepstone and ObjC Message-ID: <1991May23.075820.983@agate.berkeley.edu> Date: 23 May 91 07:58:20 GMT References: <2058@camex.COM> <1991May23.031433.11017@netcom.COM> Sender: root@agate.berkeley.edu (Charlie Root) Organization: /etc/organization Lines: 26