Re: WebObjects become opensource ?
Re: WebObjects become opensource ?
- Subject: Re: WebObjects become opensource ?
- From: Mike Schrag <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:10:04 -0400
As I understand it, NeXT (and now Apple) actually has a patent on KVC
and O-R mapping ... They seem obvious now (well, unless you've looked
at EOF source :) ), but pretty novel in 1994. It's a weird thing for
me. People obviously abuse the hell out of them, but if you believe
regular patents are legit, it seems to me there is obviously
_something_ to software patents. I think the "obviousness" test is not
being effectively applied, but I suppose if you come up with something
TRULY novel, why shouldn't you have protection on it just like someone
who invents some mechanical device? 20 YEARS might be a bit much ....
meh . oh well. It is what it is at this point.
On Sep 15, 2009, at 11:55 AM, Q wrote:
On 16/09/2009, at 1:09 AM, André Mitra wrote:
you don't have Apple stock?
Software patents are just evil. I recently investigated the
possibility of writing something for the iphone but the patent
indemnity cost for one of the key technology components it required
was prohibitively expensive.
If used to defend against competition of a real shipping product I
can see the value in software patents. But when they are used purely
as a cash generating portfolio with no real commercial interest,
that just isn't right.
On 15-Sep-09, at 10:52 AM, Anjo Krank wrote:
Death to software patents (and their holders!)
Cheers, Anjo
Am 15.09.2009 um 15:57 schrieb Mike Schrag:
apple has patents on many aspects of WebObjects that are valuable
On Sep 15, 2009, at 9:54 AM, Mike Nowak wrote:
I just don't understand why an enterprise level technology like
WebObjects is a state secret. I can understand why consumer
products need a level of secrecy to build excitement and not to
cannibalize sales but WebObjects?
On Sep 13, 2009, at 2:45 PM, David LeBer wrote:
Mike,
Not to be harsh, but you are not going to get that. Apple is
not going to make any kind of public statement about WebObjects
NOT being deprecated.
If Apple had depreciated WO they would have issued a statement
to that effect. They haven't.
--
Mike Nowak
Center for Health Communications Research
The University of Michigan
http://chcr.umich.edu
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Seeya...Q
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