----- Original Message -----
From: "Edwin Pilobello" <edwinp13 at home.com>
To: <squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2001 6:49 PM
Subject: RE: The Disney Titles at Toys R Us


> I believe you, Duane.  I made the very bold suggestion on the assumption
> that you might still have IP. Were it remotely possible to squeak the
> project through Disney, it would have bought *instant* WOW, not only to
kids
> but to other developers as well.  A demo like that with $$$ subliminally
> displayed would have been priceless for our SQUEAK community.
>
> I've bought those titles for my kids and at the time thought the world of
> them.  Now I'm teaching kids and discovering what excites them to a
lifelong
> quest for knowledge.  I don't know everything about kids, who does?  I
know
> enough of them that I believe they are quite capable of achieving greater
> things. If only the "controls" were directed towards their physical safety
> and moral development rather than at the expense of the child's inate
> curiosity.
>
> My goal with SQUEAK is to teach the kids how to program so they can create
> and/or suggest what would work for them.  I really believe in facilitating
> their quest.  In practice, I am fortunate to have three "gifted"
daughters.
>
> :-)  edwin
>
> P.S. - There are *disadvantages* to removing the controls to their
> curiosity - like having to chauffeur till they're 16 so they can get
between
> their high school social life and their college classes.  Wouldn't it be a
> dream if 10 year olds would ask, "Dad, do I really have to master Calculus
> now so I can get into Star Fleet Academy?" "Son, you already know how much
> you use it in your Astro-Physics experiments!"
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: squeak-dev-admin at lists.squeakfoundation.org
> [mailto:squeak-dev-admin at lists.squeakfoundation.org]On Behalf Of Duane
> Maxwell
>
> Well, I don't have any lawyers, but I can assure you this is a beartrap I
> know better than to step into.
>
> Actually, I don't have the rights to the code - it belonged the the
company
> I worked for (actually started, Gryphon Software), which was sold to CUC
> International in 1997, which was itself merged into HFS to form Cendant,
> which then sold the entire software business to Havas (along with
Knowledge
> Adventure, Davidson, Sierra, Blizzard, Berkeley Systems, Papyrus, Dynamix,
> etc., etc.).  Disney has no rights to the code, but neither do I.
>
>
>