Hi Web Dude, If you had been there you would have blown your cover of anonymity ;-)
Phil was asking who you are... Maybe, if you come to the next conference, we could have "will the real Web Dude please stand up" skit during the diner :-) Ben Johansen - http://www.pcforge.com Authorized WiTango Reseller http://www.pcforge.com/WiTangoGoodies.htm Latest downloads & List Archives @ http://www.witango.ws -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Web Dude Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 10:45 AM To: Multiple recipients of list witango-talk Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: My Conference Recap - Part 3 <@heartfelt> Sure wish I could of been there. </@heartfelt> From another colleague and friend. >Hello Everyone, > >Here is my third and final installment of my Recap - and remember >I'm just some guy from the list who attended the Conference and the >following words do not imply any official product release information. > >Java J2EE, .NET and Witango >""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" >Looks kinda natural, when you see all three together on the same line, eh? > >There were many eye opening events at the first ever Witango Developer >Conference, with many of them having special personal meaning to me - such >as meeting and making great friends and being so well received by my peers. >Thank you again. > >Of course, Phil delivered some of the richest content at the Conference. The >work on the new v5.0 Server and Editor is extraordinary and the sense of >speed, stability and ability of these products runs very deep. > >Out of all the topics, new features presented, bug fixes, platform issues >and new suggestions discussed - hands-down the most blow away revelation was >Phil transforming a complete, functional TAF file into a J2EE compliant Java >code file. > >I was speech-less (but only for a second) - and I don't even like Java :-) > >The implications are enormous. This new work is for v6.0, and to date work >has only been done for the Java conversion - but what Phil did was >demonstrate that the end goal is obtainable. In very general terms, the goal >is to allow your Witango coding skills to take you into the Java and .NET >arena and compete! > >Credit goes to a group of talented University Researchers in Australia, that >Phil has enlisted, which call themselves the 'Compiler Optimization Group' - >and shame on me because I can't recall at the moment the name of the >University precisely (but maybe that's not for public consumption right now >anyway?). > >The group has taken the XML format of a TAF, which contains all your code >and logic and transformed it into the equivalent code and logic of another >language. This is a topic that has been hotly discussed on the list in the >past - theoretically we knew it was possible, but was it achievable? Phil >showed us it is! > >Many technical aspects of this new capability were discussed, but keep in >mind this is a work in progress, but Phil stated that their agenda includes >transforming TCFs into JavaBeans and likely supporting C# with .NET. >Likewise, your transformations will include a set of special library files >to support Witango functionality in these other languages and that this >particular 'feature' will likely be released as a separate add-on product to >the Studio. Once deployed - your transformed Witango code will be >independent from the Witango Server. > >So, what does that mean to you? > >I can't speak for you, so I'm going to be selfish and speak for myself >(<tongue-in-cheek>like I never do that, eh.</tongue-in-cheek>). > >I love coding in Witango, but I work for a Company with it's roots in the >Accounting Industry - and the Accounting Industry is mainly Windows based. >Couple this with the fact we re-sell and support, among other products, MS >Great Plains which has already started moving to .NET. In the future, you'll >likely see nearly every serious Windows based Accounting solution migrate to >.NET. > >I have a great job, and a great boss, but unless I can get on the .NET >band-wagon eventually - I'm going to lose out. So, I'm being dragged >(seemingly kicking-and-screaming) into .NET. Not that I don't like the >concept of .NET where in fact I admire the architecture that it's founded on >very much - but it's a huge leap to start writing .NET from scratch. The >most painful part of writing .NET was that I was going to have to leave >Witango behind - but anymore. > >For me, Witango's new code transformation ability is profound. I've spent >years building a huge code base of files and work in Witango for our Company >and the prospect of throwing it away sent chills down my spine - until last >week. Keep in mind, Phil promised us he is still going to support and grow >the Witango Server platform - but now he has given me more choices. > >The advantages I now gain in speed of development (RAD) and deployment in >these other languages will be enormous, because of Witango. > >When Witango v6.0 hits the market - there will be few boundaries in it's >way, if any, and the advantages will be all ours. > >"Would you like your code written in Java, .NET or Witango?" > > >Witango Marketing >""""""""""""""""""""""" >At the risk of alienating myself from the list, here's my opinion: > >I'm a developer, and normally I purposely avoid anything to do with Sales or >Marketing. But I do know one thing, the success and standing of Witango can >NOT rest solely on the shoulders of Phil and Sophie and With Enterprise. > >At the Conference, Phil and Sophie eluded to some very powerful partnerships >and positioning they are working towards, but no names were forthcoming - >and rightly so. To achieve integrity, you need trust and Phil and Sophie >don't want to give us false hopes, so we need some patience. > >In the meantime, I've had to ask myself "why have I hung out on this list >for so long?". > >-- Was it to get help for the work I do in Witango - even though it WAS a >dying product? Yes. >-- Was it to get help in other areas of my work? Yes. > >To get anything in life, you have to give too. > >Now I could rattle off a great big list of suggestions for you right now, in >how you can help promote Witango - but I can't make you do them, so I'll >leave it up to you to figure out if and when and how to help. It doesn't >matter how you do it, as long as you do it willingly and creatively. > >I started http://xml-extra.net some time ago, and it's still a work in >progress, but this is not the only thing I'm working towards to help support >and promote Witango (and myself in the process). When these other things >come on-line, I'll let you know. > >Phil and Sophie are not asking you to do anything - I am. > >Sincerely, your colleague and friend, > >Scott Cadillac >http://xml-extra.net >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >_______________________________________________________________________ _ >TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body -- ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body
