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Maybe Alan feels comfortable with his position as an innovator-sans-entrepreneur, and is contributing greatly to the world at hand? Don't get so stuck on evalu
by andreyf 18y ago
Maybe Alan feels comfortable with his position as an innovator-sans-entrepreneur, and is contributing greatly to the world at hand?
Don't get so stuck on evaluating ideas by their brand name (in this case, Smalltalk). Alan's ideas have influenced Java, Ruby, etc. considerably...
- 10ren 18y agoAs I said, Kay has invented a lot. My comment was based on his general writings, not Smalltalk. However, I agree that it's possible to have an insightful understanding of the commercialization of ideas, and to have contributed greatly to one stage, without having done all stages oneself. In a way, Alan Kay + Steve Jobs complement one another. As an example, one might see the stages of commercialization of the desktop metaphor as: PARC-->Apple-->Microsoft. Note that here commercialization means making money by getting something into the hands of more people.
- jmatt 18y agoAdd objective-c to the list, of course.