Subject: Re: Lisp is neither (was Re: Ousterhout and Tcl lost the plot) From: Erik Naggum <erik@naggum.no> Date: 1997/04/21 Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp,comp.lang.tcl Message-ID: <3070619584848494@naggum.no> * Stan Shebs | If it were really true that Lisp Machines were as hot as they were | claimed to be, and the Lisp implementation in it was good for all | purposes, then it should have been possible for Symbolics et al to do | laps around Sun, Microsoft, etc, and to have ground them all into the | dirt. why do you believe that businesses only need technical superiority to win? if there is only one mistake that computer geeks make, it is to believe that "good" is rewarded simply for being there. it isn't. never was. the Lisp Machine industry died for lack of business savvy compared to their competitors. Microsoft wins only because they have more business savvy than their competitors. technical quality doesn't even enter the picture as an argument until _after_ you are have become successful business. #\Erik -- Bastard Sex Therapist from Hell: "Read the F*cking Manual!"