Very cool.  Is anyone going or involved?  It is a bit of a long trip for me. 
:)

>From: "John Magnifico" <john_magnifico at yahoo.com.au>
>Reply-To: The general-purpose Squeak developers 
>list<squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
>To: <squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
>Subject: Squeak: Beyond Education - Call for input for the upcoming 
>workshopto be held at the C5 Conference in Kyoto Japan on the 24-26of 
>January 2007
>Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 23:55:29 +1100
>
>To All Squeak Dev Subscribers,
>
>
>
>
>
>We are organizing a workshop in the coming C5 conference in Kyoto Japan
>(http://www.cm.is.ritsumei.ac.jp/c5-07/program.html) about using Squeak
>beyond education.
>
>
>
>As a result we have titled the workshop "Beyond Education: How can Squeak
>Make a Lasting Impression in Developing Commercial Software" and would very
>much like to invite all interested parties to join us there with their
>presence, if possible, and/or with their ideas, experience and suggestions
>on this topic.
>
>
>
>Squeak is an incredible tool and a medium already used very successfully 
>for
>education, but is that it? Is Squeak a viable alternative to various
>development tools in the industry? What are other strengths of Squeak? What
>are applications developed in Squeak? What is required to make Squeak more
>appealing to development communities?
>
>
>
>The purpose of this workshop is to show how Squeak is currently used to
>develop commercial software. We will provide examples from working systems
>and then discuss issues and areas of enhancement for Squeak to be a more
>powerful tool for collaborative systems development.
>
>
>
>We will discuss current tools that are used for collaborative, development
>and support in and outside of Squeak. We will start to determine the 
>models,
>processes and systems that currently exist in other languages and how some
>or all of these mechanisms could be fully incorporated into Squeak. We will
>also highlight the impact such systems would have on the development of 
>both
>educational and commercial software.
>
>
>
>We are interested in all opinions with regard to using Squeak in real world
>applications. What attempts have been made to develop commercial software
>using Squeak? Which have succeeded and which have not? What are the lessons
>learned form such attempts? Metrics would also be very welcome for such
>things as usage figures, project length, developers used etc. If desired,
>the privacy of contributors will be protected and we are happy to receive
>information anonymously although would have much more credibility with a
>name.
>
>
>
>We intend to set up and maintain a web site with the results of the 
>workshop
>and use this opportunity as a seed program to form a workforce to develop a
>commercial presence for Squeak.
>
>
>
>If you would like to contact me directly, feel free to email me at
>john(at)blueplane.com.au.
>
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>
>Kind regards
>
>
>
>John Magnifico
>
>CEO Blue Plane Pty Ltd.
>
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>


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