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<DIV><FONT size=2>Stef,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Thanks for posting this - it's a really stupid idea and I'm
flat-out *amazed* that anyone would consider such an option. I've filled out the
survey and put in a couple of notes that should give everyone some serious food
for thought here.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>And yes, I totally agree with your statement that a
significant part of the survival of VW is linked to the existence of the NC
version - I mean after all, how are people supposed to buy into VW if not via
the NC version? It's too stupid to consider that you pay a full developers
license without even having *seen* what you buy into.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Cheers,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> - Andreas</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=ducasse@iam.unibe.ch href="mailto:ducasse@iam.unibe.ch">stéphane
ducasse</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=squeak-dev@lists.squeakfoundation.org
href="mailto:squeak-dev@lists.squeakfoundation.org">The general-purpose Squeak
developers list</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 16, 2004 9:29
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Helping other for helping us
too</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><FONT size=2></FONT><BR></DIV>Hi<BR><BR>Apparently
some high-level managers at cincom are questioning about the interest of
having<BR>the non-commercial version of VisualWorks. Apparently the idea of a
time-bombed version is circulating. I think that we can help VWNC if we would
simply fill this form<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/scripts/SurveyMain.ssp">http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/scripts/SurveyMain.ssp</A><BR><BR>I
filled it and stated that having a trial version limited in time would be an
step backward and that eventually I would migrate to other smalltalks
Smalltalk/X and Squeak are great and Smalltalk/X deserves more
attention.<BR><BR>I really think that one of the aspect of the survival of
VisualWorks is linked to the existence of the NC version. I do not think that
ezboard would exist today if they could not have build a working prototype. I
know friends developping in VW in the worse time of Objectshare that were
desesperate and I remember the idea of buying the stock option of Objectshare.
<BR><BR>The VisualWorks engineering team is working in the right direction and
a strong VisualWorks is important for the ***entire*** Smalltalk community, so
do not think that you are not concerned because you use Squeak or another
Smalltalk! You are, we need a strong VisualWorks full of success stories.
<BR><BR>Stef<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><?x-tad-smaller>Prof. Dr. Stephane DUCASSE [ |
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<BR><?/x-tad-smaller><U><?color><?param 1A17,1A17,FFFC><?x-tad-smaller>http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~ducasse/<?/x-tad-smaller><?/color></U><?x-tad-smaller><BR>"if
you knew today was your last day on earth, what would you<BR>do different? ...
especially if, by doing something different,<BR>today might not be your last
day on earth" Calvin&Hobbes<BR><BR>Free and Open Source Smalltalks:
http://www.squeak.org, http://www.gnu.org/software/smalltalk/smalltalk.html,
http://www.exept.de/<BR>Free books for Universities at
http://www.esug.org/sponsoring/promotionProgram.html<BR>Online Free Books at
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