[squeak-dev] Re: Squeak Forks Popularity & Trends Estimate

Andreas Raab andreas.raab at gmx.de
Mon Jul 6 03:31:46 UTC 2009


Hi Nevin -

Nevin Pratt wrote:
> In my opinion, Squeak will never die.  I never said it would, and I 
> never intended to even imply it would.  I'm sorry if you mistook it that 
> way.

I didn't. I used your comments to make a statement to "whom it may 
concern" ;-) Hope you didn't take it personally (if so, I apologize).

> Furthermore, I personally think that having multiple forks for multiple 
> purposes is entirely reasonable.  And all of them can be supported, and 
> many of them *will* be supported.  I personally think that's fine.

I do, too.

> When you say "I'm pretty sure we still got most of the mindshare", that 
> statement also is interesting, because it implies doubt-- and that doubt 
> would not have even existed (in my opinion) a few years ago.

Trust me, coming from me that statement implies no doubt whatsoever ;-) 
I've been merely trying to be polite.

Cheers,
   - Andreas





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