Gee…. I wonder if he will still associate with us now! From: Ramsey Gurley <rgur...@smarthealth.com<mailto:rgur...@smarthealth.com>> Date: Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 10:24 AM To: David LeBer <dleber_wo...@codeferous.com<mailto:dleber_wo...@codeferous.com>> Cc: Chuck Hill <ch...@gevityinc.com<mailto:ch...@gevityinc.com>>, WebObjects-Dev <webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com<mailto:webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com>> Subject: Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple
Hugi, you’re famous now :D http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-officially-discontinues-webobjects-2016-5 On May 3, 2016, at 4:20 PM, David LeBer <dleber_wo...@codeferous.com<mailto:dleber_wo...@codeferous.com>> wrote: 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<mailto: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<mailto:webobjects-dev-bounces+chill=gevityinc....@lists.apple.com> on behalf of Pascal Robert" <webobjects-dev-bounces+chill=gevityinc....@lists.apple.com<mailto:webobjects-dev-bounces+chill=gevityinc....@lists.apple.com> on behalf of prob...@macti.ca<mailto:prob...@macti.ca>> wrote: > >> Le 3 mai 2016 à 12:47, Flavio Donadio >> <fla...@donadio.com.br<mailto: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<mailto: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. 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