What does it take to become the victim of a joke like this? Can this be 
counted as an accomplishment? /Anders

Korbinian Bachl wrote:
> seems as they (the jokers) have no longer the patience to wait for april 1st
> :P 
> 
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag 
>> von Matej Knopp
>> Gesendet: Montag, 26. März 2007 17:03
>> An: [email protected]
>> Betreff: Re: [Wicket-user] IBM to adopt Wicket as standard 
>> web framework
>>
>> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/tapestry-users/200504
> ..mbox/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 3e
>> On 3/26/07, Alexandre Bairos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> It´d be fantastic. But it's a bit suspicious, considering the magic 
>>> date. :)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3/26/07, Francis Amanfo <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
>>>> I'm only a messenger. Don't persecute the messenger!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 3/26/07, Korbinian Bachl < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "The official announcement of this was planned for 
>> April 1, 2007, 
>>>>> but
>>> because this falls on Sunday, the
>>>>> announcement is scheduled for April, 2 2007."
>>>>>
>>>>> is this some kind of april the 1st joke or are you 
>> serious about it???
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ________________________________
>>>  Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von 
>>> Francis Amanfo
>>>>> Gesendet: Montag, 26. März 2007 16:21
>>>>> An: [email protected]
>>>>> Betreff: [Wicket-user] IBM to adopt Wicket as standard web 
>>>>> framework
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi guys,
>>>>>
>>>>> An IBM internal memo, written and signed by product manager, Tim
>>> O'Malley, has been leaked.
>>>>> Well, to be more direct, a friend of my working with IBM leaked 
>>>>> this to
>>> me.
>>>>> In it, IBM praised Wicket as an innovative and state of the art 
>>>>> web
>>> framework that stands up tall against all its
>>>>> competitors including JSF, Struts 2 and Tapestry. In 
>> the memo, IBM
>>> mentions some of it's frustrations with JSF and
>>>>> about Sun not listening to them during the creation of the JSF
>>> specification. In the memo, IBM also praises the Wicket team
>>>>> as very hardworking and dedicated guys and is in 
>> negotiations to 
>>>>> employ
>>> them into IBM and make them work on Wicket
>>>>> and sell support under the umbrella of IBM.
>>>>> The memo also goes further to announce IBM's plans to integrate 
>>>>> Wicket
>>> into it's JEE offerings. To be more specific,
>>>>> Wicket would be Integrated into RAD 8 as the default Web 
>>>>> framework,
>>> which it plans to release in the fourth quater of this year.
>>>>> The memo also states IBM's plans to create widgets, 
>> which it plans 
>>>>> to
>>> market under the label WICKED Widgets, of all
>>>>> the standard Wicket components and enable drag and drop 
>>>>> development in
>>> RAD 8. It would also make WICKED(c) widgets standalone for 
>> separate downloads.
>>>>> The official announcement of this was planned for April 
>> 1, 2007, 
>>>>> but
>>> because this falls on Sunday, the
>>>>> announcement is scheduled for April, 2 2007.
>>>>>
>>>>> There is a link to this memo but is currently available only on 
>>>>> IBM's
>>> internal network, which of course is closed
>>>>> to the public.
>>>>>
>>>>> I personally think this is a great news. It will grow Wicket's 
>>>>> adoption
>>> exponentially, which is of course a good
>>>>> thing for the community and give Wicket a high status in the web
>>> framework community. In addition, our diligent, humble
>>>>> and hardworking Wicket core developers would be rewarded.
>>>>>
>>>>> So join me rejoice about the greatest news so far for the Wicket
>>> community.
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Francis
>>>>> --
>>>>> Beware of bugs in the above code;
>>>>> I have only proved it correct, not tried it.
>>>>>                                     -Donald Knuth
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