The Weekly Squeak Summary No. 17: Jan 13 - Mar 22, 2008

> Dear Squeakers,
>
> welcome to the Easter edition of The WeeklySqueakSummary, an irregular
> traffic-dependent report on what's going on in the world of Squeak
> based on the WeeklySqueak blog.
>
> Highlights of the past weeks:
>
> There is a whole bunch of very interesting (not just software)
> releases... Squeak 3.10 [23], Sophie 1.0 [24], a multi-threaded Squeak
> VM called Hydra [14], the Squeak by Example book's second edition
> (nowadays, people tend to call such things 2.0 or the like... I prefer
> to stick with the old-fashioned word "edition") [19], and a very
> extensive book covering the (much more relevant than you might think)
> topic of hashing [15].
>
> The Squeak Foundation has a new board [17] - congratulations to all
> board members (and to the community for their choices)!
>
> Last time, I accidentally posted a "link" to a demo video of the
> Lively kernel - it was just a link to an announcement. This happens if
> you don't read carefully. :-) The actual video has since been released
> [20].
>
> Two notifications of acceptance: there will be more Google Summer of
> Code projects related to Squeak [22], and the Squeak VM is now
> officially deemed open source by the Debian maintainers [21].
>
> That last topic (licensing issues) directly relates to the last "hot"
> topic: the Software Freedom Law Center has released a guide to legal
> issues as occurring in the context of open-source projects [11]. It's
> an interesting read, but unfortunately very much focused on the legal
> situation in the United States of America - well, you probably can't
> blame them.
>
> The past weeks' news items:
>
> [1] Qwaq is Hiring!
>     http://news.squeak.org/2008/01/16/qwaq-is-hiring/
>
> [2] Squeak now running on Nokia N810
>     http://news.squeak.org/2008/01/18/squeak-now-running-on-nokia-n810/
>
> [3] Self-Sustaining Systems *Call for Papers*
>     http://news.squeak.org/2008/01/21/self-sustaining-systems-call-for-papers/
>
> [4] Brought to you by ESUG!
>     http://news.squeak.org/2008/01/23/brought-to-you-by-esug/
>
> [5] Dynamic Languages Symposium (DLS) 2008 - Call For Papers
>     http://news.squeak.org/2008/01/25/dynamic-languages-symposium-dls-2008-call-for-papers/
>
> [6] Learn Smalltalk And See the World!
>     http://news.squeak.org/2008/01/26/learn-smalltalk-and-see-the-world/
>
> [7] Immersive Education Summit Ad-Hoc Meeting
>     http://news.squeak.org/2008/02/03/immersive-education-summit-ad-hoc-meeting/
>
> [8] The Golight: Tool Support for Test-Driven Development
>     http://news.squeak.org/2008/02/07/the-golight-tool-support-for-test-driven-development/
>
> [9] XO in the US Virgin Islands
>     http://news.squeak.org/2008/02/12/xo-in-the-us-virgin-islands/
>
> [10] 16th International Smalltalk Joint Conference *Call for Contributions*
>      http://news.squeak.org/2008/02/14/16th-international-smalltalk-joint-conference-call-for-contributions/
>
> [11] IANAL - But they are! SFLC Guide to FOSS Legal Issues
>      http://news.squeak.org/2008/02/15/ianal-but-they-are-sflc-guide-to-foss-legal-issues/
>
> [12] International Squeak Live Video Conference Between Nepal and Japan
>      http://news.squeak.org/2008/02/17/international-squeak-live-video-conference-between-nepal-and-japan/
>
> [13] Randal Schwartz Talks With Leo about Squeak, EToys and OLPC
>      http://news.squeak.org/2008/02/20/randal-schwartz-talks-with-leo-about-squeak-etoys-and-olpc/
>
> [14] Qwaq releases Hydra multi-core Squeak VM
>      http://news.squeak.org/2008/02/21/qwaq-releases-hydra-multi-core-squeak-vm/
>
> [15] Hashing in Smalltalk
>      http://news.squeak.org/2008/02/25/hashing-in-smalltalk/
>
> [16] Don't forget to vote!
>      http://news.squeak.org/2008/03/06/dont-forget-to-vote/
>
> [17] The Squeak Foundation Board 2008
>      http://news.squeak.org/2008/03/09/the-squeak-foundation-board-2008/
>
> [18] Talk on "Newspeak" today
>      http://news.squeak.org/2008/03/11/talk-on-newspeak-today/
>
> [19] Squeak by Example, 2.0!
>      http://news.squeak.org/2008/03/12/squeak-by-example-20/
>
> [20] Dan Ingalls demos Lively at Google
>      http://news.squeak.org/2008/03/14/dan-ingalls-demos-lively-at-google/
>
> [21] Squeak VM now in Debian distro
>      http://news.squeak.org/2008/03/17/squeak-vm-now-in-debian-distro/
>
> [22] Squeak accepted into Google Summer of Code 08
>      http://news.squeak.org/2008/03/18/squeak-accepted-into-google-summer-of-code-08/
>
> [23] Squeak 3.10 now released!
>      http://news.squeak.org/2008/03/21/380/
>
> [24] Sophie multimedia authoring environment hits 1.0
>      http://news.squeak.org/2008/03/22/sophie-multimedia-authoring-environment-hits-10/
>
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> Happy squeaking,
>
> Michael
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