[Oberon] Viability of A2 & ARM?

[Duke Normandin]

On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:02:15 -0800
"Douglas G. Danforth" <danforth at greenwoodfarm.com> wrote:

> My gripe with ETHZ is they lack 'marketing' to promote
> Oberon based system.  Yes, they are a university but then so is Stanford.
> But look at then number of spin-offs that Stanford has generated
> (e.g. SUN, Google, ...)
> 
> I have not looked at A2 for many years so please correct me but doesn't
> it use the Oberon extension where every object is its own process?
> (Can't remember the name and I am too lazy to go and look it up)
> 
> So, yes, I also wonder why (if Oberon simplicity is so good) Oberon
> based systems have been passed up by large companies.
> 
> -Doug Danforth

Ever since I began looking at the Oberon "family" of technologies,
I've been wondering the same thing.

--
Duke