Re: OT: OpenSource WebObjects...
Re: OT: OpenSource WebObjects...
- Subject: Re: OT: OpenSource WebObjects...
- From: steve stout <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 09:09:53 -0700
The concern is the lack of widespread use of WebObjects. Some may
feel that Apple is not promoting the technology in a way to promote
its widespread use. Additionally, some may feel that making it open
source would allow the technology to gain some more widespread usage.
That's exactly the problem. Technologically WO is really nifty, but if
I can't find a job doing WebObjects development because so few
companies use it then what's the point? Did I waste the last 4 years
of my life learning and using WO while I was in school just to find out
that now I've graduated there's no jobs? Should I have spent that time
learning J2EE or otherwise?
As for open sourcing WO, I really don't see that it would help. As it
is, there's virtually no community of developers that get together and
build add ons for WO. (There's a few, but not many.) If Apple decided
to give up control of a technology that's obviously very important to
their Internet offerings, would a community large enough to support WO
actually appear out of the blue to further the development?
./steve
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