On Mon, 2009-07-06 at 07:35 -0400, David T. Lewis wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 08:19:13PM -0700, Andreas Raab wrote:
> > 
> > * Minimalism.
> > * Tools.
> > * Education.
> > 
>    ... 
> > 
> > Since this is supposed to the the starting point for a strategy 
> > discussion, what do people think about the above areas of interest? I'm 
> > in particular interested in whether you think you could identify with 
> > the three pillars of Squeak since if we can agree on those as the most 
> > important values that we *all* share, it seems that there are obvious 
> > practical consequences that we can draw from it.
> 
> Yes, these three capture the fundamentals nicely. I am inclined also to
> think of "Accessibility" in the sense of an entire system that is visible,
> browsable, and changeable from top to bottom. Squeak is different from
> other open systems because an individual person can really lay hands on
> it, learn from it, and experiment to his or her heart's desire. I think
> you have captured that theme nicely under the "Education" pillar, but
> I wonder if it may be worth a pillar of its own. On the other hand,
> explaining this under the theme of Squeak as an educational system helps
> to articulate why the education pillar is important to all of us, not just
> to young children.
> 
> > I think that formulating and agreeing on our values as a community is a 
> > central part of setting our own direction. It gives us something to look 
> > back to when we don't know what to do next, it gives us something to 
> > agree on when we disagree.
> 
> Nicely said.
> 
> Dave

David,

Thank you I very much agree that accessibility is a core strength of
Squeak and one I certainly would not wish to lose.  On the one hand this
accessibility is do in part to the tools, but that is certainly not the
entirety of the story.

Ken
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