Sybase and Lisp may be killed

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From: Robb Aley Allan
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1992 21:33

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For those of you who depend on the above products, I had conversations with  
representatives of Lotus and Franz this past week and was told the following:

1) Sybase is considering discontinuing the SERVER version of its database for the Next,  
because no one is buying it :-). It seems everyone buys a larger/'stronger/faster machine  
to install servers on, and only use Nexts for front ends.

The problem with this is that developers will no longer be able to DEVELOP applications  
on a Next using Sybase without a link to another server somewhere. This is BAD NEWS for  
independent developers.

Contact Sybase to scream, if you feel so inclined.

2) Franz is committed to porting CLOS to the Next, but is considering abandoning the  
platform after that.

-- 
Robb Aley Allan, The Gulfstream Group
220 Sunrise Avenue, Palm Beach, FL 33480
voice: 407/ 832-4013   email: Robb_Allan@gun.com
Co-founder/director, Gotham Users of NeXT (GUN)

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From: rallan@helical.com (Robb Aley Allan)
Subject: Sybase and Lisp may be killed
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Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 21:33:08 GMT