But the Squeak licence allows people to make money with a Squeak 
product. So why wouldn't it be a good idea to have Elastolab in a 
Smalltalk that runs everywhere?

Cheers,

Alan

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At 10:50 PM +0200 9/30/02, Hans-Martin Mosner wrote:
>Alan Kay wrote:
>
>>  It would be great for someone to do Elastolab in Squeak!
>>
>>  Cheers,
>>
>>  Alan
>
>True - but on the other hand I wish that David's work is an economic success,
>too. Smalltalk needs to be a commercially viable platform, not just a great
>toolbox and environment for thinkers and tinkerers. I and many others who
>don't want to succumb to the dark side (I won't mention that dreaded J-word
>here) depend on Smalltalk jobs which pay. And there are quite some who don't
>have such jobs, sadly. That should not discourage anyone from trying to do
>physics simulation stuff in Squeak to provide such a framework for free -
>however just copying ElastoLab does not smell right to me.
>
>As far as Windows-only is concerned, VisualWorks comes from the same breed as
>Squeak, and is binary portable to platforms such as Linux and Mac, too. I
>don't know how deeply integrated with Windows ElastoLab actually is, but it
>should be possible to make a Mac or Linux port with a reasonable amount of
>effort. Doing Windows first is a reasonable economic decision (most kids with
>computers will have Wintel stuff on their desks), but following up with Mac
>and Linux would clearly demonstrate that Smalltalk is the "true" write once,
>run everywhere language :-)
>
>Cheers,
>Hans-Martin


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