[TYPO3-ect] Invitation for the initial team of the "BETA" branch

[Patrick Gaumond]

Elmar Hinz wrote:
> It's amazing that the core team never migrated this central engine to an
> object orientated design. That should have had highest priority already 5
> years ago. What a position T3 would have today! Now that v5 is in the
> pipeline, it would be wasted time, indeed. 

<reality check>

Today()- 5 years = 2002

There was no Extension Manager at that time...  ;)

Also, Kasper never took any class into OO programming (me neither...) 
and in 2002 he was the friendly ghost almost always alone in his 
basement doing code that he was not sure would be seen.

</reality check>

You had to see Robert's face when a french guy (I forgot the name) gave 
a speech on Design Patterns in January 2004 at T3BOARD... AFAIK, it was 
the spark that ignite 5.0 before anyone realized how important this 
informal speech has changed the way TYPO3 will become.

Patrick (in historian mood)