Am 25.09.2006 um 23:47 schrieb Milan Zimmermann:

> On 2006 September 7 20:03, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
>> Milan Zimmermann schrieb:
>>> Just found this on /.
>>>
>>> http://www.businessweek.com/print/innovate/content/sep2006/ 
>>> id20060907_525
>>> 435.htm
>>>
>>> Given it seems affiliated with Mitchel Resnick, I wonder if it  
>>> will be
>>> eventually programmable in Squeak/Scratch...
>>
>> Only if someone writes something I guess. The PicoBlocks software  
>> is in
>> Java, at least on OSX. Its UI looks a lot like Scratch, though.
>
> Bert, yes, that's right. I just downloaded and installed it on Win  
> because I
> did not quite believe :) - it lookes completely like the Squeak- 
> based Scratch
> screenshots that I saw. I wonder which was first (Java or Squeak  
> based) and
> why it was done twice, but anyway,

Well, depending on where you come from, Java might be progress ;-)

Anyhow, I don't know if MIT people were involved in the actual  
Mindstorms software development, or if they just provided ideas. You  
might ask John Maloney (former Squeak Central member).

- Bert -