Alan Kay Alan.Kay@squeakland.org is claimed by the authorities to have written:
Folks --
It might be of some interest (at least for those with 10 fingers on each hand) to note that Smalltalk was born 30 years ago this Sept, and started working around the end of Oct of the same year.
It is an amusing coincidence that IBM VM appears to be celebrating its 30th birthday at the same time. Talk about different user experiences...
tim