On 14.01.2010, at 15:28, Göran Krampe wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> Edgar J. De Cleene wrote:
>> On 1/14/10 7:19 AM, "Göran Krampe" <goran at krampe.se> wrote:
>>> Pharons/Pharaos/Pharooosies/p... ah, what are
>>> you guys called? :) ...is also welcome
>> Pharopatas and they choose go away , so why we care about people who don't
>> wish be with us ?
> 
> Because the world is not black and white. A lot of us are actually involved in *both* Squeak and Pharo - I currently use both depending on what I want to do. And we share the VM. And we share tons of code and tons of projects, etc etc.
> 
> The *they* you mention above includes me (although I never "went away").
> 
> So yes, I care a lot about Pharo and the Pharies, and being confrontational is *IMHO* silly and terribly counter productive.
> 
> regards, Göran

Agreed. I'd like to see more cross-fertilization and less bashing. In particular from Squeakers. Pharoers had their reasons to leave, but I'd much rather see bridges built than burned.

- Bert -