> I’m not advocating a return to Lisp machines here. We tried that and it didn’t work. Symbolics is dead, and no one even gave a eulogy at that funeral. The he

> I’m not advocating a return to Lisp machines here. We tried that and it didn’t work. Symbolics is dead, and no one even gave a eulogy at that funeral. The hell? Lisp machines were awesome. I thought it was well known that they failed partly for political reasons, and partly because Symbolics was absolutely horrendous at business. The only failing I'm aware of was the lack of multi-user support, which wasn't particularly unusual for era, and even now we don't have anything which can compare to their high points.