[squeak-dev] Squeak vision
Frank Shearar
frank.shearar at angband.za.org
Wed Jul 1 09:25:19 UTC 2009
Stéphane Rollandin wrote:
> Creators build worlds, visions, grand stuff. Predators take beautiful
> and deep things, rip away everything they don't need or understand,
> shit everywhere, and go away with the tiny bit of stuff that they
> wanted, leaving a mess behind.
>
> Projects like Squeak are a wonder at their beginnings: only creators
> are interested in them, and developping them. Then they become known
> to a larger circle, and after a while some people start saying: "it
> would be nice if we had that large share of market". Or "Lisp is good,
> but there are too many parentheses". At this point the creators should
> really start to worry. The predators have entered the place.
Wow, er. You sound really frustrated, Stéphane. You've done a pretty
good job so far of expressing that frustration without blowing a fuse.
I'm sure there are many who share your frustration (if for different
reasons). Let's try work together to build something of use for the
whole community.
frank
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