"second wave of Oberons"

From: Fyodor Tkachov <"Fyodor>
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 15:49:03 -0600

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Dear BlackBoxers:

The recent announcement by Ominc is causing a stir, at least in some parts of the world.
I had to do some explanations, and counter one or two cynical comments, and have come up with a kind of a simple argument which proves to be useful (as simple slogans are in any propaganda).

What we are actually observing is a *second wave of Oberons*
(see a number of impressive success stories presented at the Oberon Day {([at]})nowhere.xy
and the Ominc announcement is a repositioning being made as a logical (and smart) response to that.

The first wave of Oberons consisted of the projects to produce Oberon ports and variations by the immediate students of Wirth and Gutknecht.
The adoption process by a wider community, however, was somewhat slower than the enthusiasts expected (which is perfectly normal), and was also hindered by the Java marketing campaign (which was a bit of a bad luck).
By now, however, people in a number of application niches have had enough time and experience to realize the fundamental shortcomings of the tools being pushed down their throats by we all know who, and are giving a most serious attention to Oberons.
So, the second wave of Oberons consists of new, well-focused and for that very reason successful projects by developers independent from the ETH school, who are interested not in Oberons per se but in Oberons as superior tools with unique strengths to address specific application areas.

Cheers
Fyodor Tkachov


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