I often wonder why there isn't anyone on this list who has a super-tech-philantropist-that-would-love-to-help-up-engineer-pharo-further acquaintance (or is one).
Anyone? Phil On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 11:18 AM, Ben Coman <b...@openinworld.com> wrote: > > > On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 4:54 AM, Dimitris Chloupis <kilon.al...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Ironically and this is not April's Fool joke, Scratch has been exploding >> in popularity >> >> https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/ >> >> https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/scratch/ >> >> So what Smalltalk has failed to achieve, Scratch is achieving it now even >> though it was made with Smalltalk. Makes sense though, many countries have >> been pushing coding into schools and Scratch was always a No1 choice, its >> just lately this push has been a lot more severe because of the severe lack >> of pro and amateur coders. >> > > With a 12 month lag, you might say it fairly well follows the rise of RPi > sales... > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zWwpcckDEEVAhNH3y7JQGxxbjP42n > UywPOzDWr1fH28/edit#gid=0 > > Now Pharo is aiming at a business market and maybe not kids, > but some of those kids have parents that in the tech industry, > and of course they will want to help their kid's with their projects. > So now you have a few hours attention from a decision maker > who otherwise wouldn't have time to poke something new with a barge pole. > > >> >> On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 8:54 PM Offray Vladimir Luna Cárdenas < >> offray.l...@mutabit.com> wrote: >> >>> Well... I was just trying to get myself unembarrassed... but was not >>> catch was not mine... next years I will let it run wildly and help to it. >>> >> > Of course :) > For a few minutes it *really* made my day also (until I searched and the > other half of my brain caught up). > > cheers -ben > >> Cheers, >>> >>> Offray >>> >>> On 01/04/17 12:32, Ben Coman wrote: >>> >>> Too quick Offray :) Shoulda let it run... >>> cheers -ben >>> >>> On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 1:28 AM, Offray Vladimir Luna Cárdenas < >>> offray.l...@mutabit.com> wrote: >>> >>> Ohhh... April 1st.... (the local date for that is Dec 28th, so it always >>> kind of confuse me). >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Offray >>> >>> >>> >>> On 01/04/17 12:22, Offray Vladimir Luna Cárdenas wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Thanks for sharing. There is any link to the HPE site on the news about >>> investing 1.2 billion in the R & D Research Lab? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Offray >>> >>> >>> On 01/04/17 11:10, horrido wrote: >>> >>> Smalltalk to get a second crack at the whip >>> <https://medium.com/@richardeng/smalltalk-to-get-a-second- >>> crack-at-the-whip-ecaeb8a94533> >>> . By frickin' time! >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/Breaking >>> -News-tp4940893.html >>> Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >
