you are right. :)
but the key difficulty is how to evolve as fast of possible without 
totally frustrating your clients.
So I think that **soon** we will have a set up a plan for the future 
:). Wait and see we are preparing something :)))

happy christmas
Stef

On 18 déc. 04, at 22:09, Ken G. Brown wrote:

> With respect to Craig's 'Flow', I have been thinking about the inertia 
> caused by the perceived need to make major system changes backward 
> compatible.
>
> I used to think that my current situation in life has been determined 
> as a result of the sum total of past events and I was sorta stuck with 
> what had gone before. Now, I prefer to think of my present as being 
> determined by my desired future. Get a clear picture in mind of the 
> desired future and today's decisions become much easier, being made 
> towards achieving the desired future.
> At each decision point, the decision can be made towards improving the 
> quality of that future picture by bringing it into clearer focus.
>
> From this point of view, I think it may be best to get a clear view of 
> the future of Squeak, then do today what is necessary to create that 
> picture without worrying about the backward compatibility. Those that 
> need to and want to, will do the required changes to also partake in 
> that desired future, those that don't can remain with whatever works 
> for them. The backwards compatibility issues I believe could most 
> appropriately be dealt with by those parts of the system that have the 
> issues, thereby reducing the inertia for going forward.
>
> In the past, if this way of thinking would have been in vogue, we 
> would most likely already be running with Craig's 'Flow' in the 
> system. I'm assuming from other opinions that would be a good thing...
>
> The desired future of Squeak determines what we do today, as opposed 
> to what was done in the past...
> Of course.
>
> Mark Twain evidently wrote: "Twenty years from now you will be more
> disappointed by the things you didn't do than the ones you did."
>
> Ken G. Brown
>