In this case I think there is some logic to keeping the software internal. There were several situations in my career there where some seemingly innocuous software could divulge to someone information about Intel’s business, e.g. it could have divulged, or appeared to, information about fab yields in one case and product orders in some other cases.

In the case of testing products, the software structure itself could divulge information about what Intel is testing, how they’re testing, etc. Maybe that’s harmless, maybe not. But Intel is a competitive company and has an obligation to its shareholders to protect its interests. Sometimes those interests are served by open source, and sometimes the decision has to be made the other way, hopefully wisely.

In fact, Smallapack is usable only in VW by now (and i did not say bugfree, test cases need to be completed).

If you persist in using such a package, my advices would be:
- do not hesitate to ask support (it does not cost to ask)
- please share your critics, bugfixes, improvements
I think collaborating is the fastest way to improve such a general purpose package.

Cheers

If you persist in using Squeak version, correct some bugs or do some improvements, please share your work. Collaborating is the fastest way to obtain something working. Maybe you have done some good work that will be lost now.

And also, do not hesitate to ask for support, it costs nothing to ask…

Cheers