> over at ruby-talk I saw the following claim:
>
> > I have noticed the "Pick-Axe" book, "Programming Ruby,"  while looking
> > for new Java and XML books, but I actually went looking for a Java
> > replacement when Sun Microsystems, sadly, made the Life Decisions
> > (http://www.fightpp.org/) boycott list as a supporter of Planned
> > Parenthood. (SmallTalk failed because it's expensive and the owner of
> > Squeak Smalltalk, Disney, is on the same boycott list. I avoid the
> > culture of death as much as possible, since I hope that God will bless
> > my work and fortunes.
>
>
> Please ignore philosophy, religion and politics, but tell me,
> who, right now, is the "owner of squeak"?

It's quite a stretch to boycott Squeak because of Disney - they just
happened to pay some guys who worked on it for a while after it became Open
Source, and now they don't (well, I guess they still pay *one* guy).

Again, independant of philosophy, religion, and politics, I think
associating a "culture of death" to Squeak (without naming the reason),
might be kinda cool to bring in the disaffected, angst-ridden "Dead Can
Dance" crowd:

Goth A: "Do you use Java?"
Goth B: "No, I use Squeak - it's about death and the hopelessness of
existance."
Goth A: "Kewl"

I mean, think about it - objects in Squeak almost exclusively die of
neglect, and their carcasses are "collected" and consumed by the next
generation (yeah, I know that's also true of Java...).  Anyone want to put
crossbones on the logo?

-- Duane