On Wed, 11 Jun 2003, Ivan Tomek wrote:

> Its main limitations are that it
>
> - is restricted to Windows
> - is not open source, making it, in my opinion, impossible to keep up with
> possible extensions, customizations, etc.
> - is written in C++
>
> It seems to me that this is a perfect application area for those who might
> want to try to apply Squeak's features and create a 'killer application'
> proving its worth. I do not volunteer to implement it :( but there may be
> some volunteers or students waiting for challenging projects or theses that
> might make it really desirable for people to learn, use, and advance Squeak.

That's a great idea.  Find half a million dollars or so to get us started,
and I'm definitely on board... ;)

Your comments are actually very interesting to me, because when
Silicon Chalk was started two years ago, I had some conversations with
them and decided not to get involved precisely because of the
propietary/windows/C++ approach.  Since I have some friends that work
there, however, it's nice to hear that they've done a good job.

Cheers,
Avi