[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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