Tim/Blake,

Correct me if I am wrong, but the original was not about the people who
were developing Squeak. It was about Squeak as such, not the good or bad
will of the people who selflessly work on it. Criticism of Squeak is the
issue that should be addressed and corrected or confirmed - and some of
the contributions did just that.

Ivan 

>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: squeak-dev-bounces@[...].org 
>  [mailto:squeak-dev-bounces@[...].org] On 
>  Behalf Of Blake
>  Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 2:30 AM
>  To: The general-purpose Squeak developers list
>  Subject: Re: Very bad about Squeak in blogosfere
>  
>  tim wrote:
>  
>  > Gosh we must be such nasty people. I'm amazed anyone has 
>  anything to 
>  > do with Squeak  under such awful circumstances. Clearly we must all 
>  > give up earning a living in order to satisfy this nice 
>  persons demands.
>  >
>  > It may have escaped the notice of some people out there that a 
>  > significant proportion of the major contributors to Squeak actually 
>  > earn their daily crust by working for the net benefit of the 
>  > community. That tends to mean that said people have precious little 
>  > time left over to work on giving away free stuff not 
>  related to their 
>  > work. "Free Software" does not mean "free to tell me what 
>  to do with my time".
>  
>  This deserves to be re-quoted in full.
>  
>  There's nothing you can't give away for free that won't turn 
>  some people into greedy whiners.
>  
>  Fortunately, I think in most cases we get stone soup.
>  
>