Hi, Exactly, that is why I am saying to not even try.
I believe a much better approach is to just focus on producing something else that people need, and I also believe that we should focus on the layers above Smalltalk and start infusing Smalltalk lessons in those domains. Moose is such an example. Moose addresses the analysis domain, and it brings in it the lessons of Smalltalk (like everything is an object = everything is an entity). Afterwards, you bundle that with an explicit use case that makes sense and get that in the hands of people. If it's good, they will use it not because of a Smalltalk-related argument, but because of its inner value. And, if they love it, they will pay more attention to what is behind. Cheers, Doru On 7 Dec 2010, at 07:18, Hernán Morales Durand wrote: > Tudor, > > You cannot convince someone which have already choosen an option. > Cheers > > 2010/12/6 Tudor Girba <tudor.gi...@gmail.com>: >> Hi, >> >> I believe Smalltalk is perceived in the following way: >> 1. Smalltalk is cool: 0.01% >> 2. What is Smalltalk?: 19,99% >> 3. Smalltalk is dead: 80% >> >> It is hard to convince the 2nd category to look at something new. Why should >> they? But, if it's hard to convince someone of something new, you need a >> miracle to convince someone that something is not dead. But, I think that a >> miracle like this can be administrated in the form of cool and kicking >> creatures and then tell them that they kick because of Smalltalk :) >> >> Cheers, >> Doru >> > > -- > Hernán Morales > Information Technology Manager, > Institute of Veterinary Genetics. > National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET). > La Plata (1900), Buenos Aires, Argentina. > Telephone: +54 (0221) 421-1799. > Internal: 422 > Fax: 425-7980 or 421-1799. > -- www.tudorgirba.com "When people care, great things can happen."
