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style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">Here are some
questions that I have on the Squeak:</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">1)<SPAN
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Is Squeak
actually mature for commercial
applications/packages/systems?</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">2)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">If not,
when it will be so?</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">3)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">If not,
what is the work to do towards this direction? Modules/Packages? Security?
Distribution? Cryptographic Bytecodes? Dynamic Translation? Clean Up?
Indipendent OS? All? Other? Or What?</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">4)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">If a
company want to begin to develop heavy commercial applications in Squeak,
therefore investing money and resources, what is the future that awaits them?
Should they develop the lacking modules/parts from themselves? Should they build
a new development environment based on Squeak core technologies? Should they
wait that the Squeak becomes more mature? Or what?</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">5)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Is there
in the Squeak Community any orientation towards market? Or
not?</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">6)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">What the
Squeak Community can do (in terms of support) for a company that wants to adopt
Squeak as development platform for his
applications/systems?</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">7)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Ultimately, is there a future of Squeak in the
market?</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Very deep
questions maybe, but ...</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Any comment
will be very appreciated.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Regards,</FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT
size=3>Enrico Bertini<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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