+1 On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 10:42 AM, Alfredo Quiroga-Villamil <[email protected] > wrote:
> While I think that the GWT community is one of the best ones out there and > I have no doubt about our ability to pick this up should it ever be dropped > by Google, I have to agree with Joseph. I've already been told a few times > that the future of GWT is uncertain. Again, while I know and I am confident > in the ability of this community and contributors to run with it, a rough > idea for things to come or a list of things that the community would like > to see implemented would go a long way in the enterprise world as Joseph > mentioned. > > > On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Joseph Lust <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Alan, >> >> Thanks as always for your courteous replies. I'm grateful for the efforts >> the Google developers put into GWT, as any other enterprise building such a >> framework would most certainly charge the Earth for it while also crippling >> its functionality in exchange for customer lock-in. Google just makes great >> software. >> >> However, I work in a large enterprise where our GWT Community of Practice >> group must make a case for why any new application should use GWT. It is >> important to management to know the future of GWT and a roadmap is how this >> is commonly done. While I don't personally think GWT will suffer from the >> recent project pogroms at Google, a roadmap and rough release schedule will >> lend greater confidence to others in the stability and longevity of the >> framework needed before a company is willing to build multi-million dollar >> projects with it. >> >> If GWT retains buy-in at Google, I don't understand why such planning >> would be detrimental to the GWT team. As I see it, such public planning >> will only drive more companies and startups to join the GWT bandwagon. >> >> Sincerely, >> Joseph >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google Web Toolkit" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-web-toolkit/-/5rzWGy06oFgJ. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > Alfredo Quiroga-Villamil > > AOL/Yahoo/Gmail/MSN IM: lawwton > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Web Toolkit" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en.
