Hi Phil!

Phil Hargett <hargettp at mindspring.com> wrote:
> Although I haven't posted on squeak-dev in a while, I do still follow 
> the threads when I can.  Because of that, y'all probably won't 
> recognize me.

I recognize your name. :)

> But...
> 
> ...I've watched Goran's contributions over the last several years, 
> especially as he brought SqueakMap forward and made it central to how 
> Squeak is evolving.  I watched him--among other things--start the 
> November Revolution.  In addition to creating a great piece of code 

...which hasn't delivered yet - but damnit, let's restart it when 3.7 is
out the door.

> that helped push Squeak as a modern operating environment, Goran has 
> demonstrated himself as a leader.  Being a good engineer sometimes 
> means more than writing good code: it means communicating the power of 
> that code, the possibilities of a vision, so that others may build upon 
> the foundation already laid.  That kind of leverage--each line of good 
> code leading to more lines of good code--is what good engineering 
> organizations look for.
> 
> So, to anyone who wishes to criticize SqueakMap and / or Goran's 
> contributions, I say to you: bring it on.  Feel free to contribute in 
> just the same fashion: that is, delivering good code, developing a 
> consensus around a vision, and coaching others how to move Squeak 
> forward in a coordinated fashion.  If anyone can do nearly as nice a 
> job as Goran, great!  Fantastic.  We need more folks like him (and Avi, 
> and John Mc., etc.).  Writing great code in corner without a consensus 
> (e.g., Squat) is not the way forward, although may turn out to be 
> wonderful R&D--and thus by itself a great contribution--for a future 
> version of Squeak.
> 
> My vote is with Squeak, not Squat.  With Goran.  And with SqueakMap.  
> The momentum is there with Squeak & SqueakMap, and momentum can be one 
> of the hardest things to build of all.
> 
> :)

Thank you for your support. I just hope I can live up to it. And I
should also say that I somewhat regret doing the posting - but those are
the "stupit" things you do when you get upset I guess.

Squat is really cool stuff and I think it will be of great gain to the
Squeak community in the future.

But I still think the future should hold one coherent SM evolved from
what we have today. :)

regards, Göran