FW: Is WebObjects Dead?
FW: Is WebObjects Dead?
- Subject: FW: Is WebObjects Dead?
- From: Steven Pannell <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 09:45:28 +0100
Hi all,
Since my original post there have been some very interesting comments and
discussions. But to enhance upon my original point, for us as a company
it's all about strategic decision making and planning for the future. From
the discussion two things are clear. 1. That WebObjects Technology has
falling behind (although not that far, and it's still very good), 2. Nobody
has a clue what the future holds for WebObjects, if any. And that's the
real issue. Without a road map where WebObjects is going it's hard for us
as a company to invest in the future. For example we are currently moving
over to cheaper Linux boxes and upgrade to apache 2 etc. But when is this
going to happen with WebObjects? When are the updates coming?? Next week,
year?? Who knows. It's difficult for us to make a decision about our future
investments based upon this product. So it would appear that sadly the
WebOjects future for us now looks bleak in the form that future projects
will now be developed using J2EE+JSP technologies. This is sad as we have
invested a lot of time and effort into WebObjects. But the advantages for
us to move over just outweigh the possible loses (we can only guess as apple
won't tell us). Using J2EE and JSP we can see where these technologies are
going. They also are current and not propritory so everything we learn can
be used in other projects and companies. Sorry Apple but fire your
marketing staff as they do a very bad job.
Thanks all for your interest and responses.
Cheers,
Steve.
-----Original Message-----
From: Steven Pannell
Sent: 25 February 2004 09:27
To: 'email@hidden'
Subject: Is WebObjects Dead?
Hi,
I have been using WebObjects for more then 2 years now but something has
struck me recently. That is the lack of any major developments in the
WebObjects Application Server. Sure 5.2 was released with a few extra
features (which I personally did not find very special or useful) but in the
areas which matter nothing is going on. What about Apache 2 support, Better
deployment? and full integration with standard Java (i.e. no more nasty
NSArrays, being able to use ant etc) and junking the WebObjects development
environment which apple should be ashamed of (we don't need it as I have
java development tools). It seems to me that Apple are not giving
WebObjects any kind of priority, so after 2 year we now looking at migrating
away from WebObjects to java servets and jsp just because this technology is
moving forward and WebObjects is not. does anyone feel the same way or
should I be looking at sticking with WebObjects...
Cheers,
Steve.
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