[squeak-dev] Re: Election 2008: Answers from Matthew
Klaus D. Witzel
klaus.witzel at cobss.com
Thu Feb 28 10:00:23 UTC 2008
On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:50:15 +0100, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
>>>>>> "Oscar" == Oscar Nierstrasz <oscar.nierstrasz at gmail.com> writes:
>
> Oscar> Seriously though. I consider this the most critical question for
> the
> Oscar> Squeak Foundation.
>
> Oscar> Any ideas?
>
> I think he was spot on. If you want Squeak to be taken seriously as a
> development platform, you need to find people like me who can take an
> open
> source product and provide all the infrastructure around it (tutorials,
> courses, books, trainings), and find a way to be financially
> self-supporting.
>
> For success in the marketplace, you need:
*very* good points. I put the Squeak-based products under your lines;
comments+corrections appreciated.
> * a stable usable working product
EToys, Seaside, Aida, Croquet, Scratch, Plopp, Sophie, but not Squeak?
> * expectation of responsiveness to bug fixes and enhancement requests
EToys, Seaside, Aida, Croquet, Scratch, Plopp, Sophie, but not Squeak?
> * documentation (user, developer, maintenance)
EToys, Seaside, Aida, Croquet, Scratch, Plopp, Sophie, but not Squeak?
> * after-market support: conferences, trainings, books, tutorials
EToys, Seaside, Aida, Croquet, Scratch, Plopp, Sophie, but not Squeak?
> * consulting and contracting companies
EToys, Seaside, Aida, Croquet, Scratch, Plopp, Sophie, but not Squeak?
> * job boards to indicate a marketplace of human resources
EToys, Seaside, Aida, Croquet, Scratch, Plopp, Sophie, but not Squeak?
> * user groups (real or virtual)
EToys, Seaside, Aida, Croquet, Scratch, Plopp, Sophie, but not Squeak?
> * manager acceptance (requires press releases and other publicity)
EToys, Seaside, Aida, Croquet, Scratch, Plopp, Sophie, but not Squeak?
> * active solicitation of visible large "design wins" (like OLPC and Qwaq)
EToys, Seaside, Aida, Croquet, Scratch, Plopp, Sophie, but not Squeak?
>
> If Squeak has all that, Squeak will succeed. Fail any of those,
> and Squeak will become "just another interesting project".
>
> By the way, show that as my answer to #11.
>
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