Not a disaster (this time)

> Michael,
>
> Please hold that thought on marketing.  In fairness, the problem is  
> not so much that Pharo relies on an unreliable server (which might  
> not even be the case - being down "now" and being down a lot are two  
> different things) as it is that the package management tools (at  
> least as far as I have seen) are lacking important features.
>
> Bill
>
>
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> Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] Not a disaster (this time)
>
> Lukas Renggli wrote:
>
>> I don't know what is hosted on source.squeakfoundation.org and who is
>> maintaining it.
>
> You are not quite getting the point.
> As long as Pharo relies on *anything* hosted on unreliable servers  
> hosted by anyone the bad PR falls back on the Pharo community.
>
> And if I would look at scripting language XY and something doesn't  
> work and the answer I get is "oh, just install your own server, it's  
> all distributed, stupid, don't rely on the offical servers, ..."
> What do you think my reaction will be?
>
>
> Michael
>
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