Re: WebObjects become opensource ?
Re: WebObjects become opensource ?
- Subject: Re: WebObjects become opensource ?
- From: Miguel Arroz <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:27:03 +0100
Hi!
Or you may all move to Europe, where software patents are not
valid. :)
(This would greatly simplify WOWODC organization!)
Yours
Miguel Arroz
On 2009/09/15, at 17:10, Mike Schrag wrote:
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
Quinton Dolan - email@hidden
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