They use Java, Python and Ruby and some Squeak and Javascript On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 2:09 AM, James Foster <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jun 13, 2010, at 4:33 PM, Chris Muller wrote: > >> DabbleDB is not the only Smalltalk casualty here, but, apparently, >> too, Avi himself. Will Twitter use any of Smallthought's >> Smalltalk-based technology? It appears, to me, they're intent on >> eventually shutting it all down. 60 days doesn't seem like a lot of >> time for a large customer to find a new system, wow... > > I have no inside information, but the above seems me to be unwarranted. > First, the style comes across as "assume the worst and place the burden on > the other party to clear up the confusion." Can't we give someone who has > done so much for our community the benefit of the doubt? > > Next, if you read the public announcements, it seems evident that the primary > value was an analytics tool (and the people who built it), not a Seaside > application. True, we haven't heard much about the technology behind Trendly, > but why are you assuming it isn't Smalltalk? What language would you use if > you were doing complex data analysis? It isn't like they got bought by > Microsoft because they have demonstrated proficiency with C#. > > You might read the promise to "for now, we will continue to provide our > software and technical supports" as "intent on eventually shutting it all > down," but I read it as "change is coming, but we haven't determined exactly > the direction." As to possible transitions over some future 60 day period, my > understanding of the customer base is that there is no "large customer." The > whole model of the system is focused on small data sets. Perhaps nothing > could fully replace DabbleDB, but that doesn't mean that the people that have > had the benefit of it are worse off if they eventually have to return to a > less useful alternative. > > Again, I have no information beyond what Avi and others have shared at > conferences. I just choose to rejoice in the much-deserved success of a > respected member of our community. > > James > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >
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