I really don't think that the name be the main factor to be taken
seriously or not.

We (the smalltalkers) claim all the time that Smalltalk and objects
are the superb technology to develop any sort of solution, well, we
must prove it....with better tools that make more easy the production
of software, but in the spirit of real object technology, not copying
other "languages".

Just my thought.
gsa.

2008/3/4, Esteban Lorenzano <estebanlm at gmail.com>:
> On 2008-03-04 18:45:41 -0200, Claus Kick <claus_kick at web.de> said:
>
>  > Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
>  >>>>>>> "Michael" == Michael van der Gulik <mikevdg at gmail.com> writes:
>  >>
>  >>
>  >> Michael> Mind you, Linux is taken seriously, and they use a fat penguin as a
>  >> Michael> mascot.
>  >>
>  >> I may have my history wrong, but I think the "taken seriously" didn't
>  >> happen until Red Hat stepped in.  Maybe that's what we need... some sort
>  >> of headgear for the mouse.
>  >
>  > How about "Blue Cap" in allusion to the Blue Book? ;)
>
>
> I like squeak as a name (but I'm spanish speaker who lives in spanish
>  speaking places, so... maybe is not the same in english).
>  But... if for "seriously taken" you mean "seriously taken by
>  companies"... I think the first thing to face is the look&feel of the
>  environment (who is being addressed sucessfully with UI Enhancements)
>
>  Cheers,
>
> Esteban
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