Re: Open source as the way some important software is developed
Re: Open source as the way some important software is developed
- Subject: Re: Open source as the way some important software is developed
- From: Andrus Adamchik <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 13:43:22 -0400
If we do re-implement it, why not in Ruby and ride on the buzz? We
can call it JetStream. :-) And it is not Java!
That'd be cool.
WebScript/Java/Objective C all worked together in the same
environment at one time.
It should be possible to make a backend language pluggable, with
HTML, WOD, and the deployment environment supporting any (or a number
of) languages. There is Jython (http://www.jython.org/), there is
JRuby (http://jruby.codehaus.org/), so this is very possible.
In general the idea to make an opensource, but API compliant WO
framework is only in part about helping current users with the legacy
code. Another part is opening it up to give it a future.
Andrus
On Aug 17, 2006, at 1:29 PM, Chuck Hill wrote:
On Aug 17, 2006, at 6:37 AM, Andrus Adamchik wrote:
Obviously I am not a lawyer, and haven't looked in depth in those
patents. IIRC they are dealing with ORM, ORM tools, KVC (and what
else?) That would affect at least a few dozens if not more of the
*existing* open and commercial products. So while there is an
issue, I don't think a possible WO port will be in any
disadvantage over those other frameworks.
Besides I don't see this as an anti-Apple project. On the
contrary, getting Apple on board would be awesome, even if this
only means granting the patent rights to a project. This has also
been done before by companies like IBM, etc.
Just need to watch for trademark issues - can't have package names
starting with "com.apple"; can't call the product WebObjects.
If we do re-implement it, why not in Ruby and ride on the buzz? We
can call it JetStream. :-) And it is not Java!
Chuck
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