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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>All,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I’ve been reading the back and forth about the squeak
community. The comments about people going off and doing their own thing
do not bother me. It seems to me that Andreas is very busy working on
Croquet and Tweak. I think we are lucky to have any of his time, and it
appears to me that he continues to contribute and participate. I also
think that we are lucky to have anybody’s time since we are all very busy,
but we continue to attract very hard working and talented people. The
fact that Andreas doesn’t want a leading role I believe is “mostly”
an hours-in-the-day issue, since he continues to try to encourage a more open
process and actually doing something. I would personally like to thank
Andreas for his hard work and contributions. I appreciate his stick-to-itiveness
in dealing with this community. I would also like to thank everyone that
has participated and is still working hard to make Squeak what it is.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>With that said, does anyone really believe that Andreas, Alan,
SqueakLand, and Croquet have time to bicker about our organization? I don’t
really think it matters. They already have a full plate dealing with
their own organizations. If you believe that squeak as a community and a separate
organization is important then you should ask yourself why.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>What the community brings to me is a development language
that is not for children, does not change the internet with 3d worlds, and does
not rewrite Morphic from scratch. What we are doing here is something
different. Our success will be based on our own goals and
accomplishments. Granted we should try to keep it all together, and
incorporate each others code, when possible, but there shouldn’t be any
worry that we are being left out of some cool code or some neat features that
others are developing. When and if decisions to merge back are made they
will be made from considerations other then those we are discussing, or from
people just standing up and doing the work (since after all it’s all
written in Smalltalk). The real test of our community is can it stand on
its own, or should we just shut down and all join Tweak and follow Andreas, or
all join the Croquet effort? I believe we as a community have a lot to
offer but there is a lot that needs to be done.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I believe strongly that there should be an openSource
Smalltalk for development and research. My focus is on business
development. I firmly believe that most business software is extremely simple,
and doesn’t come close to solving real complex problems. Things are
changing so incredibly fast. I’m amazed at how much can actually be
done in today environments, but most people are still not utilizing these systems
to their potential. I believe our community should be focused on bridging
that potential gap. We should be building tools that build business systems.
We should be solving complex problems, and simplifying their implementation so
that others can benefit from them. We should be communicating our
progress, be professional, and be organized. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We need to get our house in order. I believe we are
going down the right path. We are looking at forming a legal entity and changing
our license. In our cryptography group we are discussing certification.
I think there is more we could offer business like supporting business
protocols, having a deployment model, and integrating wxSqueak, which would encourage
more businesses to adopt squeak, and maybe more contributions from business
developers. There is more we could offer web developers; tools like
seaside, and other web components built on squeak. There is more we could
offer to advanced educational institutions, which may lead to more Smalltalk classes
for our next generation squeakers. There is more we could offer to
science research, and bio-tech.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I think instead of looking around we need to look inward, do
our own thing first and do it well. Then we can look around and join back
up having something substantial to offer, after all what’s a 3d world
without cool applications to run on it? By the way, I believe that Traits
will eventually be a key to the success of Croquet.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>For what it’s worth,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Ron Teitelbaum<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>President / Principal Software Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>US Medical Record Specialists <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="http://www.usmedrec.com/">www.USMedRec.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="mailto:Ron@USMedRec.com">Ron@USMedRec.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Squeak Cryptography Team Leader<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Squeak News Team Member<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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