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Re: Looks like ThinkSecret got some of the scoop on WO from WWDC'06
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Re: Looks like ThinkSecret got some of the scoop on WO from WWDC'06


  • Subject: Re: Looks like ThinkSecret got some of the scoop on WO from WWDC'06
  • From: "Marc Oesch" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 04:45:43 +0200

Hello Jim (and David and everyone else),

Oh, boy. Just when I stopped arguing on WebObjects-Talk on the very
same topic started a few days ago :)

(To repeat I'm in no way related to the article and have no inside
knowledge whatsoever)

I believe that as late as today WebObjects might find a life if it
was open-sourced.

Me too. But it doesn't need to be now..5.4 might be a good timeframe IMHO.

WebObjects won't go away soon, but simply cannot be a growth area
under the present >circumstances, no matter what features they add.
Wonderful tool, bad prospects.

IMHO, WO is already in a better position today than it was 2-3 years
ago, ie. since moving from a rather neglected product to a free
developer tool:

NeXT high-end and niche service/product (pre Apple) -> Apple
mainstream* boxed developer product (2000/2001) -> free developer tool
(WWDC 2005) -> "hybrid" community developer tool with free runtime
(WWDC 2006)

If anyone's interested, I argued that the next step could and should
be Open Source in the future. This is over at WebObjects-talk so as
not to clutter this list :)

Better to look at Ruby on Rails if you're a technology lover or j2ee if you're a practical >guy.

A good example that a free WO (and later a shared source or open source WO) could go a long way in short time: Where was Ruby on Rails just 2-3 years ago ? Nowhere on most people's minds...

David, there is already a guide available today as you probably saw...

http://www.objectstyle.org/confluence/display/WOL/Install+WOLips+with+Eclipse+Update+Manager

and a general FAQ...

http://www.objectstyle.org/confluence/display/WOCOM/FAQ+on+WebObjects

More info will be added as it comes in.

Marc


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