<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On 21.04.2010, at 22:56, Eliot Miranda wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 1:48 PM, John M McIntosh <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:johnmci@smalltalkconsulting.com">johnmci@smalltalkconsulting.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Phil, last week I asked the smalltalk community (ESUG etc), to stay claim and wait for Apple to think about it based on an email<br>
exchange I had with Steve Jobs. At the time I thought it prudent to wait a further decision or statement.<br>
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Give that Wired publish Alan & my thoughts on the matter it's likely now time to consider what to do next.<br>
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So this is NOT the fault of ESUG not being proactive, they were itching to do something.<br>
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At the moment I believe they are collecting ideas how to approach the problem in a meaningful manner.<br>
Suggestions are welcome.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Port to Android asap. Competitive pressure can make Apple move. I'm not sure about anything else.</div></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>Apple will move eventually. I found this illuminating about their motives:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.asktog.com/columns/082iPad&Mac.html">http://www.asktog.com/columns/082iPad&Mac.html</a></div><br><div>
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