Re: Unbundling [was: Re: Scotty gets out his flame thrower over ADB]

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From: Bruce F. Webster
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 17:39

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In article <ANDERSON.92Nov2093657@sapir.cog.jhu.edu> anderson@sapir.cog.jhu.edu  
(Stephen Anderson) writes:
> For whatever reason, NeXT unbundled Allegro Common Lisp
> as of 2.0. Not only has no other vendor stepped in to offer a serious
> lisp for the NeXT, but Franz has seemingly lost interest in supporting
> the product or providing an upgrade (though I have heard rumors that
> an upgrade - whose functionality is not yet clear - may be forthcoming
> before too long). 

I know of no details, but my suspicion is that Franz wanted more money  
(royalties per NeXTSTEP unit sold) for continuing upgrades and support than  
NeXT was willing to pay. Frankly, I regret it, too; I'd love to see a  
NeXTSTEP-oriented Lisp development environment just because in my long and  
checkered career, I've never had a Lisp development environment to work with.  
Sigh. ..bruce..

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