>> This is complete BS. The lisp machines had fabulous email systems,
Yep, and they were really great at telling you how many machines
were available on the 7th floor and all sorts of stupid MIT-isms
that made the whole thing look like your typical student kludge.
> If this experience is BS, what is the truth? Why _did_
> the Lisp machines die?
I don't think the market was there. At the time the commercial
lisp machines were coming out there were also a number of decent
lisps available for the General Purpose machines. Workstations
clobbered the Lisp Machine and Mini market just as PC's are beginning
to wack away at the workstation market.
-Ron
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