On 16 January 2014 21:15, Hilaire Fernandes <hilaire.fernandes@gmail.com>wrote:
Le 16/01/2014 12:55, H. Hirzel a écrit :
âWe are not payed to work on Squeakâ, that is what I got toldâ¦
Probably correct at that time...
This is usual attitude in corporate environment: you paying me to do the job, i do it and i don't care about the rest. Been there, ate that :)
It doesn't matter. The silliness of such answer is the lack of vision and lack of community empowerment.
Noteworthy however: Scratch is successful in spite of being built on a early version of Squeak.
I see this has an extremely weakness. Imagine Java applications forking Java, a total nonsense too expensive in the long term. Hopefully Smalltalk Scratch is being ported to the recent Pharo and saved from a long and slow bits death. And more important: it is not a fork anymore.
We are greatfull to the new Pharo Smalltalk vessel. Its constant care to tiers developers willing to develop and design standalone Smalltalk application with an opensource Smalltalk environment really open perspective for the Smalltalk community build up. The vision is clear, the target on sight!
The situation of Etoys to the contrary is not so clear. A comparison needs to consider more factors than just the platform it is built on....
Well, each one should take the share it deserves: forking was decided as the path for Etoys, so now Bonne chance and bon voyage...
When you want to build something which will stand for millennium, you call architect, when you want to build a beautiful facade to impress people who passing by, you call artist, couple porters and couple erectors :)
Hilaire -- Dr. Geo http://drgeo.eu
-- Best regards, Igor Stasenko.