[smackeyacky]

It certainly wasn't pushed by parcplace. They expected us to use change sets while their own package management was developed.

We ended up going direct to OTI at the time. It about tripled the licensing costs for a smalltalk seat. Due to the costs, it was uncommon in ST shops.

[igouy]

In the bygone days of commercial software tools, vendors sold their own products in direct competition with other vendors.

Presumably y'all paid so much more for Envy/Developer because that was state of art even back in the 90's; not what you described.