I learned a long time ago that you can't please everybody. I've heard the critics about my evangelism. I've also heard the praise.
So what am I supposed to do? Listen to the critics and ignore the fans? If you're an evangelist, you have to develop a thick skin and follow your heart. Otherwise, get out of the kitchen... Pavel Krivanek-3 wrote > st 5. 2. 2020 v 19:02 odesílatel horrido < > horrido.hobbies@ > > napsal: > >> > You want to take the Smalltalk heritage as a definition, that’s ok. We >> don’t, and that’s ok too. Is about what we want to do. >> >> Who's "we"? >> >> Last time I checked, nobody owns Pharo. Pharo is not a bunch of core >> developers; it's a community. And I believe there are many Pharoers who >> share my view. >> >> Since I'm a Smalltalk evangelist and not a Pharo evangelist, I guess I >> shouldn't ever mention Pharo in my blog. After all, if it's not >> Smalltalk, >> why should I promote it??? >> > > Pharo 8.0 release Reddit discussion included some feedback you > may appreciate: > > "Thanks. Does this Pharo release removes feature "Richard Kenneth Eng"? > That was the only feature in detriment to such an excellent environment as > Pharo." > > "I really like the idea of pharo's features and smalltalk is quite > interesting, but I can't help but be put off by the insanely stupid > marketing culture around it. Most articles about it exaggerate way too > much > and seem like they're written by people who were paid to write about it. > Or > maybe I'm reading Medium-cancer too much." > > > >> In fact, this is disastrous for my JRMPC competition since it's based >> entirely on Pharo. I'm promoting Smalltalk but pushing Pharo on all the >> participating teams??? What the f*ck am I doing?!! >> >> >> >> -- >> Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html >> >> -- Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html
