Norbert Hartl wrote:
This is a very sad thread. It started with a nice idea to talk about ....
Thanks Norbert :) Norbert Hartl wrote:
... From an end user perspective neither pharo, seaside, pier or FFI has a value in itself. But all of these are a good foundation to enable people with ideas to produce wonderful products. I think to do marketing you need something to show. And if we are not the ones with the market breaking ideas than we should focus building the good tools and attract developers. Good applications will follow.
Agree, Smalltalk needs applications that stand out, something that attracts people's attention ... and yes, a great user friendly blog/cms was only "an" idea :) Norbert Hartl wrote:
... I'm not a professional smalltalker but I spend a vast amount of my (spare) time in a lot of things smalltalk and try to build my small business. Without having faith, love and passion I could do J2EE instead.
ranting end.
I am not even a programmer (well I was, but that's almost 7 years ago now). I have been following Smalltalk in my spare time for about 6 years now, mainly because I have a feeling that Smalltalk has great potential. From a software engineering point of view I really like how a lot of things are done, but then when it comes to intuitiveness, usability, look-and-feel ... and you know the "je ne sais quoi" it lacks ... it really lacks a lot. So, other than the "one" idea above ... what other ideas are out there to attract more people to Smalltalk? -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/Smalltalk-hosting-tp3384077p3395809.html Sent from the ESUG mailing list archive at Nabble.com.