conversion files and older projects

[Sidnie Myrick]

Hi, John.

I wanted to let you know that we got our grant! Thank you again for 
your wonderful letter and your support.

Sidnie
On Saturday, November 16, 2002, at 08:04 AM, John Steinmetz wrote:

> I think many of us have dealt with these version incompatibility 
> problems. I designed a tutorial once that soon after became obsolete 
> because it wouldn't run in the newer version of Squeak (and this was 
> before there were plugins to consider). I never got around to 
> re-authoring it in the newer version. Even if I had done so, it 
> probably wouldn't run now.
>
> That's just one minor story, but it points to an obstacle to one of 
> our main goals for Squeak: to develop a literature. I hope that some 
> of you who are working on infrastructure will talk with each other and 
> with users about this obstacle and how to make it smaller.
>
> Thanks to everyone for the conversation and for the cool developments!
>
> 	John
>