Colin Putney wrote:
>
> One aspect of Pharo's practical streak that hasn't been mentioned yet 
> is the willingness to abandon compatibility with Etoys - something the 
> Squeak.org community has been unwilling to do. What's really silly 
> about this situation is that the actual users of Etoys forked some 
> time ago, and almost nobody actually uses Etoys in Squeak.
>
> IMHO, Squeak.org needs to either recommit to Etoys and education as 
> its primary mission, or break compatibility and become a general 
> Smalltalk platform for a variety of applications. This suggests a 
> merger with either Squeakland or Pharo, but even without merging, 
> Squeak.org can get its mojo back if it chooses an identity.

Amen.

Cheers,
Juan Vuletich