sorry I didn't mean to bash other people's work, quite the opposite. Even if it's not mainstream and probably not the "next great thing", I welcome anyone who has passion to develop it and bring it to the masses.

I don't understand why you are offended because I said that smalltalk is dead. It's just a way to say that it's not mainstream and probably it will never be again. And the sad thing is that for most part the reason of its reduced popularity has nothing to do with its technical merits, but this deserves a whole thread and if I remember correctly it has been covered many times before.