Helping other for helping us too

stéphane ducasse ducasse at iam.unibe.ch
Fri Apr 16 07:29:18 UTC 2004


Hi

Apparently some high-level managers at cincom are questioning about the 
interest of having
the non-commercial version of VisualWorks. Apparently the idea of a 
time-bombed version is circulating. I think that we can help VWNC if we 
would simply fill this form

	http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/scripts/SurveyMain.ssp

I filled it and stated that having a trial version limited in time 
would be an step backward and that eventually I would migrate to other 
smalltalks Smalltalk/X and Squeak are great and Smalltalk/X deserves 
more attention.

I really think that one of the aspect of the survival of VisualWorks is 
linked to the existence of the NC version. I do not think that ezboard 
would exist today if they could not have build a working prototype. I 
know friends developping in VW in the worse time of Objectshare that 
were desesperate and I remember the idea of buying the stock option of 
Objectshare.

The VisualWorks engineering team is working in the right direction and 
a strong VisualWorks is important for the ***entire*** Smalltalk 
community, so do not think that you are not concerned because you use 
Squeak or another Smalltalk! You are, we need a strong VisualWorks full 
of success stories.

Stef




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