Re: Staying with WebObjects
Re: Staying with WebObjects
- Subject: Re: Staying with WebObjects
- From: Alexander Spohr <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:07:33 +0200
Am 11.04.2008 um 22:47 schrieb David Avendasora:
On Apr 11, 2008, at 4:06 PM, Simon McLean wrote:
I think the real bug-bear for people struggling to get their
companies to commit to webobjects isn't the fact that it's not open
source - i think it's the fact that you have to buy a mac to get
your hands on the frameworks.
No problem. Just write up the purchase order for a copy of the WO
5.4 frameworks wrapped in super-sexy MacBookPro packaging. Just
$4,000. Or you can go for the more economical Mac mini packaging.
Just $599. (that's $200 off the $799 list-price for 5.2) and you get
a free computer to (dual)boot.
Situation in the Real World:
- No software-package, you have to buy a Mac instead that people don’t
want.
- No support to transfer that to Win/Linux
- No clear licensing for developers using Win/Linux
- If you think the license model is „one Mac OS X license per
developer seat“ then you still have an OS DVD that you can not use to
install WO on Win/Linux.
The only possible _manager acceptable_ solutions (from my experience)
could be:
1. put the jars/frameworks in a package, that you can extract on any
plattform (zip/gzip/rar).
2. clear up the license to make WO either a free download or charge a
fee per dev-seat.
A goodie would be to add Apache-adaptors compilable on Win/Linux.
The problem with supporting only Mac OS X remains a problem though.
atze
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