Posted by Stéphane Rollandin on Jun 29, 2009; 7:03pm
URL: https://forum.world.st/Usability-and-look-and-feel-was-Re-squeak-dev-The-future-of-Squeak-Pharo-was-Re-Pharo-project-ANN-Ph-tp81502p81553.html

> Progress and backwards compatibility are fundamentally opposing forces,
> those insisting on backwards compatibility are the ones preventing
> progress.

Because they are opposing forces, we need to balance them. What you say
could be completed with: those insisting in progress are the ones
preventing actual software to be implemented.

What is the point of progress if you can't harvest it ? Don't you see
the drawbacks of a permanently moving target ?

Stef