Hi, i suspect, that the popularity of Pharo (or Smalltalk in general) could be increased by developing some "Killer-OpenSource-Tools". By "Killer-OpenSource-Tools" i think of Tools, e.g. for supporting the Software-Development-Process in general. Moose of course could become such a tool. But i think of some standard Tools like Bug-Tracking/ Project Management.
Let me explain by a short example. In a lot of projects i needed to use Trac (http://trac.edgewall.org/) as a Ticketing system. Trac is a "simple" Python script to manage Tasks/ Tickets, it is customizable and can be enhanced. But it is very very ugly, configuration is very unhandy. We like to print tickets to pin them to a whiteboard for use in daily scrum meetings. This and additional reports are made by BIRT-Reports. Everything feels very unstable but a lot of companies prefer Trac because of licensing issues (e.g. Jira is better but commercial). A simple and good looking Ticketing-System for use in an agile team would be a good thing - it's a CRUD-Application with some Reporting and maybe some eyecandy. Another idea could be a Tool for organizing activities regarding Softwaretests, e.g. generation of Testspecifications/ -plans and reports on test-runs. I used TestLink (http://www.teamst.org/) but it is ugly and unhandy too ... Pier CMS could be a good solution for Intranets or Websites, but the lack of Documentation keeps people from using it. Is anyone interested in creating some OpenSource-Projects for use in a wider range? Those Tools should look "sexy" and should be easy to try (OneClick) or to install as a Service. regards, Stefan
