OK, so I'm curious what hardware platforms you guys use for your "things"?
Been doing things with Particle lately. Interested to try their new mesh offering. > On May 2, 2018, at 12:30 PM, Serge Stinckwich <serge.stinckw...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > If they are interested, we can get in touch. We are working on IoT for > environmental monitoring and I’m working in Cameroon. > > Regards, > > Envoyé de mon iPad > >> Le 2 mai 2018 à 19:21, horrido <horrido.hobb...@gmail.com> a écrit : >> >> I received the following message: >> >> *We started off doing a small project in conservation in South Africa that >> involved tracking Rhinos in a remote GPS denied environment and ended up >> with some impressive building blocks for a Big Data Platform for IoT. The >> platform includes its own GIS subsystem and parts of an Expert System. >> >> Due to the choice made by my business partner and handful of contractors the >> platform ended up being built in Smalltalk on Squeak VM and the Magma >> Object Database. >> >> We now believe we may have the beginning of a commercial platform however >> its notoriously difficult to find Smalltalk developers so I am in half minds >> to migrate to a platform which uses a more mainstream language (Java / >> Python) as I have been getting some strange reactions from Angel Investors / >> VCs and mainstream developers. >> >> ... >> >> I wanted to ask you if you have information on how big the Smalltalk >> community is and whether its better to migrate to Pharo from Squeak and what >> types of recent industrial projects youve come across that use Smalltalk? >> >> Also I wondered if you know of any active smalltalk group in Silicon Valley >> and what are the best forums for professional SmallTalk development.* >> >> I would very much like to save their project as a Smalltalk project. The >> principal issue seems to be finding enough Smalltalk developers. I don't >> know if they need on-site developers or if remote developers can pass >> muster. I strongly suspect the former. >> >> How hard would it be to find Smalltalkers willing to work in Silicon Valley, >> or South Africa? >> >> What is the best response to this person? Thanks. >> >> >> >> -- >> Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html >> >
