I think it’s good news—at least much better than the kind-of-certain-but-not-really uncertainty we’ve had for the past decade or so.
And I don’t think we should be holding our breath waiting for Apple to open source WO. As awesome as that would be, though :). - hugi > On 3. maí 2016, at 16:47, Flavio Donadio <fla...@donadio.com.br> wrote: > > Hugi, > > > That’s bad news, but it’s exactly what we expected, in a certain way. The > silence and lack of updates for such a long time were telling us the truth, > although we wouldn’t accept it — there had to be a final word, straight from > the horse’s mouth! I guess we have it now. > > So, they say WO is dead. We say “long live, WO!" > > We should move on to the next step: nagging Apple to release WO/EOF as open > source software! ;-) > > > Cheers, > Flavio > > >> On 03/05/2016, at 12:19, Hugi Thordarson <h...@karlmenn.is> wrote: >> >> Hi all. >> >> We probably all know that WO's been practically dead to Apple for a long >> time, but unfortunately Apple has refused to state so officially (at least I >> don't recall there being an official statement). >> >> Anyhow… In the past years I've regularly sent letters to Tim Cook, asking >> about the state of WO (being the naggy guy I am) and recently, I was >> contacted by Apple executive relations regarding my questions. The guy I >> spoke to called a couple of times, at first, he had absolutely no idea what >> WO was but the second time he called, he had obtained information and had a >> clear statement: "WebObjects is a discontinued product and will never be >> upgraded". >> >> I know this information is extremely redundant, but I still wanted to tell >> you since it was something of a relief. Felt a little like the police >> calling you to let you know that they'd found the remains of your friend >> that's been missing for 15 years and finally declared him dead. >> >> But of course, this changes nothing; WO is still better than ever. We just >> need to continue to distance Wonder from WO and move forward. >> >> Cheers, >> - hugi >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/flavio%40donadio.com.br >> >> This email sent to fla...@donadio.com.br > _______________________________________________ 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
