Is Squeak 3.0 ready for fame?

Kevin Fisher kgf at golden.net
Sun Mar 18 19:37:25 UTC 2001


Argh..I've become far too jaded for my own good, I guess. :)

At any rate, I'm not saying /. shouldn't be notified...by all means, do!  Just 
be prepared for..well, anything...this is /., after all.   I guess there's the 
old saying that there's no such thing as "bad" publicity.

> On Sunday 18 March 2001 11:09, Kevin Fisher wrote:
> 
> > Really?  I must be in the wrong place at the wrong time...either that, or
> > unpleasant licensing wars seem to gravitate to me. :)  I've heard the same
> > wailing and gnashing of teeth about licenses with respect to Squeak on
> > Slashdot and other places.  Then again, I try to avoid Slashdot whenever
> > possible these days.
> 
> Read the discussion; it's really quite civil (for Slashdot, anyway):
> http://slashdot.org/articles/98/11/19/2252218.shtml 
> 
> > On the subject of publicity, I thought of another decent place...have you
> > seen 32bitsOnline?  They cover a variety of platforms, as well as Linux.  I
> > wonder if Squeak could get a spot on ZDTV's "Screen Savers" show...I hear
> > that this show is quite unbiased and popular amongst the tv-watching geek
> > crowd.
> >
> > > On Sunday 18 March 2001 10:45, Kevin Fisher wrote:
> > > > That said, Slashdot is an unfriendly place for anything that deviates
> > > > from a certain 'norm'.  Squeak does not use the GPL, and this will be
> > > > the prime focus of any Slashdot discussion.
> > >
> > > The Squeak License wasn't even mentioned in the last discussion of
> > > Squeak.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Ned Konz
> > > currently: Stanwood, WA
> > > email:     ned at bike-nomad.com
> > > homepage:  http://bike-nomad.com
> 
> -- 
> Ned Konz
> currently: Stanwood, WA
> email:     ned at bike-nomad.com
> homepage:  http://bike-nomad.com






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