I know of a similar case, but the numbers are 200 Java vs 80 St. It's not at all surprising since the St team is doing at least as much at less cost. If the merged company is rational, what other choice would it make? I'm not willing to discuss details.
_,,,^..^,,,_ (phone) > On Oct 30, 2015, at 11:23 AM, Richard Sargent > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I heard an anecdote of a recent merger between two companies in which one had > over 200 people supporting a Java application and the other had ~25 people > supporting a Smalltalk application. The surprising result was that the > Smalltalk application was selected for the merged company rather than the > Java one. > > I would like to know which companies were involved, when this occurred, and > what the precise details were. > > > Thank you! > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://forum.world.st/Does-anyone-remember-details-of-a-pro-Smalltalk-merger-circa-2013-tp4858715.html > Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Developers mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >
