Apple will probably never open source WO. But does the fact that WO is officially « AbandonWare » have consequences for the TB initiative?
JPM > Le 3 mai 2016 à 19:13, Hugi Thordarson <h...@karlmenn.is> a écrit : > > 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/jp.malrieu%40free.fr > > This email sent to jp.malr...@free.fr _______________________________________________ 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
