On Jun 15, 2011, at 5:24 PM, Sven Van Caekenberghe wrote: > > On 15 Jun 2011, at 10:48, Marcus Denker wrote: > >> Thomas Holzer will present how Smalltalk is used at HRWorks >> http://www.hrworks.de > > Thomas was on the last Pharo sprint in Brussels and I had a nice talk with > him. > > I think most people don't realize how big a Smalltalk success story HR Works > actually is. > > They have hundreds of (often big name) companies as customers, and many tens > of thousands of users on a SaaS pay as you go model. Do the math ;-)
we did the math. In fact this is great because I follow the success of HRWorks since 1998 or 2000. And I was really proud/touched that they were impressed by our work too. > And all this based on a Smalltalk software product (using a OODB as well). > This is really very cool ! > > We just have to convince him to switch to Pharo, at least for some of their > stuff... :) First I would like to make sure that what he will present at ESUG will get open-sourced and benefit to the community. > > Sven > >
