[squeak-dev] The future of Squeak & Pharo (was Re: [Pharo-project] [ANN] Pharo MIT license clean)

Cameron Sanders csanders.personal at functional-analyst.com
Mon Jun 29 15:24:53 UTC 2009


someone wrote:

>>> In my opinion, it would be good if some sort of financial/ 
>>> corporate support
>>> could be granted. It would allow to have people involved in "non  
>>> exciting"
>>> tasks. Again: corporate support doesn't translate in any kind of  
>>> servitude
>>> and it can help to grow the universe of Squeak users. Besides, good
>>> marketing is essential: if you get good media it is more likely  
>>> you'll be
>>> granted more and better projects... more people will pay attention  
>>> to you.


This very point has been on my mind since this whole thread  started.  
At some point, money needs to be flowing in to guarantee the future of  
the environment, or else corporations will never want to adopt it.

-cam



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