Hi John,

Le 6 juil. 05, à 03:04, Raymond Asselin a écrit :

> It is really ' un défi'  to propose to do something with Squeak or any
> Smalltalk because the first question you'll have to answer is 'where I
> find programmers' and the second is 'where is the support or the
> expert if we need one'.  At least in Québec it is the problem.
>
Actually, Smalltalkers do exist. The problem is to find them. This is 
not an easy problem. One solution is just create a Smalltalk mailing 
list and then a users group. You advertise it and for sure you'll 
gather people: both experienced Smalltalkers and new ones. 
Advertisement can be done in various ways. One of them is attending to 
Smalltalk gatherings (Smalltalk Solutions, ESUG conference, ...).

Moreover, I believe that Smalltalkers of companies and universities 
need to work hand in hand in order to "regenerate" the Smalltalk 
community and bring "fresh blood". This is something I'm pushing with 
other people: provide students both Smalltalk courses and Smalltalk 
internships (or why not job offers). So, Students attend Smalltalk 
courses not only for the "beauty of the language", but also because it 
can help them find jobs. And companies will get Smalltalk developers on 
the market place.

Noury
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Dr. Noury Bouraqadi - Enseignant/Chercheur
Ecole des Mines de Douai - Dept. G.I.P
http://csl.ensm-douai.fr/noury

European Smalltalk Users Group Board
http://www.esug.org

Squeak: an Open Source Smalltalk
http://www.squeak.org
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