WebObjects is one of Apple’s weapons - it helps them be fluid and quick - especially with the devs they have. Maybe open sourcing WO seems threatening because it is a internal business advantage.
Tim Worman UCLA GSE&IS > On Feb 4, 2015, at 4:59 PM, OC <o...@ocs.cz> wrote: > > On 5. 2. 2015, at 1:42, Hugi Thordarson <h...@karlmenn.is> wrote: >> Apple cares about money, not us. > > Oh, absolutely! Given the zilliards Apple charges for WebObjects licences... > oh, wait. > > Actually I just don't get it -- for long long years I don't get it at all. > > (i) first, they seriously cripple the world's best web application framework > by cutting out the ObjC support, leaving it Java-only, and thus half-unusable. > > (ii) then they stop bundling it. > > (iii) then they stop supporting it at all. > > All right, I can see after (i) they could hardly charge any money for > licencing, whilst the support price would skyrocket; but why on earth not put > it to open source at the same moment?!? > > The same company who is known to put _lots_ of pretty interesting things to > public (see Darwin). > > Oh, sigh. > > About the only (dumb and conspirational) theory I can think of is that were > the sources open, hacking App Store would get the usual 'varsity freaks > pastime :) > >> >> - hugi >> >> >> >>> http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dotnet/archive/2015/02/03/coreclr-is-now-open-source.aspx >>> >>> The github is here >>> >>> https://github.com/dotnet/coreclr >>> >>> It’s a shame Apple never did the same with WO. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >> Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/ocs%40ocs.cz >> >> This email sent to o...@ocs.cz > > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/lists%40thetimmy.com > > This email sent to li...@thetimmy.com _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
