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Le 4 mai 2016 à 09:36, Hugi Thordarson <h...@karlmenn.is> a écrit :

>>>> If you think about it, one of the reasons they are bringing Swift to Linux 
>>>> is because they want a cool language on the server as well as on the 
>>>> client and leverage the code and libraries on both. 
>>>> 
>>>> At some point these developers need an ORM framework. Either Apple or 
>>>> someone else will do it in pure Swift without requiring the Objective-C 
>>>> run-time. Possibly a future Core Data. Then they'll need a templating 
>>>> request handling framework like WebObjects for Swift. And a REST 
>>>> framework. Let's bug Federighi with emails about bringing this back. :-)
>>> 
>>> Federighi probably cares a lot about WO/EOF since he spent years 
>>> reimplementing it at Ariba ( http://aribaweb.org/ ). But I doubt he has the 
>>> time or support to do anything about WO within Apple. It’s a market Apple 
>>> simply isn’t in.
>> 
>> I remembered Ariba and the time he spent there too and it's part of why I 
>> was wondering if he had any love left for WebObjects.  :-)
>> 
>> Also I can't imagine working on the server side without something like 
>> EOF/WebObjects.
> 
> Yeah… I’ve made more than quite a few attempts at using them #different 
> technologies" and I’m now quite sure that I’d rather spend my time 
> re-implementing something WebObjects-like than spend time using bad tech. I 
> don’t really love programming (okay, maybe I do, but for the sake of 
> argument, let’s say I don’t :). I just love creating stuff people want to use 
> and WO really enables that.
> 
> 
>>>> until I realize that I am married with four kids and a full time job that 
>>>> leaves me with no spare time left to work on things like this.   :-)
> 
> I can relate :)
> 
> 
>>> We already have a clean room reimplementation of EOF—it’s called Cayenne 
>>> and I’m now using it in all of our projects. We just need to figure out 
>>> what to do with the presentation layer (WO).
>> 
>> I think that is great for new projects. I was thinking of something API 
>> compatible with EOF for those of us who have built large systems with WO/EOF 
>> to make the transition less traumatic. :-)
> 
> The transition from EOF to Cayenne is actually not very traumatic. If you use 
> WO-looking templates to generate entity classes, the rest of the API looks 
> really, really similar. In most cases, it’s really only a question of 
> changing class names.
> 

And you will share your experience at WOWODC :-)

> Cheers,
> - hugi
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> 
>>> - hugi
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On May 4, 2016, at 4:48 AM, Hugi Thordarson <h...@karlmenn.is> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Probably no one as surprised as myself. I probably sent dozens of e-mails 
>>>>> to sjobs on the subject trough the years without receiving a reply. But 
>>>>> to Tim’s credit, it only took four emails before I was contacted. He’s a 
>>>>> lot less stubborn, obviously.
>>>>> 
>>>>> And we Viking are a misunderstood, peaceful people. Apart from sending 
>>>>> angry emails to corporate executives, these days we  mostly conduct our 
>>>>> coastal raids through Panamian law firms using money stored in offshore 
>>>>> companies. It’s so much easier than eating psychoactive mushrooms and 
>>>>> running around raping and pillaging.
>>>>> 
>>>>> - hugi
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 3. maí 2016, at 23:22, Chuck Hill <ch...@gevityinc.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The Viking Tradition lives on!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> From: David LeBer <dleber_wo...@codeferous.com>
>>>>>> Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at 4:20 PM
>>>>>> To: Chuck Hill <ch...@gevityinc.com>
>>>>>> Cc: WebObjects-Dev <webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com>
>>>>>> Subject: Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Yeah, I was surprised by that too.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Apple rarely gives definitive statements on anything, let alone a long 
>>>>>> dead and forgotten product ;)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> D
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On May 3, 2016 at 7:11:05 PM, Chuck Hill (ch...@gevityinc.com) wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I am surprised that Hugi got a clear statement from Apple. That must 
>>>>>>> have taken some persistence! “Frank, this damn Hugi guy keeps bugging 
>>>>>>> us every year, get rid of him!”
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> :-)
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On 2016-05-03, 4:04 PM, 
>>>>>>>> "webobjects-dev-bounces+chill=gevityinc....@lists.apple.com on behalf 
>>>>>>>> of Pascal Robert" 
>>>>>>>> <webobjects-dev-bounces+chill=gevityinc....@lists.apple.com on behalf 
>>>>>>>> of prob...@macti.ca> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Le 3 mai 2016 à 12:47, Flavio Donadio <fla...@donadio.com.br> a écrit 
>>>>>>>>> :
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 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! ;-)
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> This topic comes around every year. Multiple people asked this to 
>>>>>>>> Apple over the last 7 years. It won’t happen. Final.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 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
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