Re: [OT] .Net goes Open Source
Re: [OT] .Net goes Open Source
- Subject: Re: [OT] .Net goes Open Source
- From: Timothy Worman <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2015 19:55:54 -0800
WebObjects is one of Apple’s weapons - it helps them be fluid and quick - especially with the devs they have. Maybe open sourcing WO seems threatening because it is a internal business advantage.
Tim Worman
UCLA GSE&IS
> On Feb 4, 2015, at 4:59 PM, OC <email@hidden> wrote:
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> On 5. 2. 2015, at 1:42, Hugi Thordarson <email@hidden> wrote:
>> Apple cares about money, not us.
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> Oh, absolutely! Given the zilliards Apple charges for WebObjects licences... oh, wait.
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> Actually I just don't get it -- for long long years I don't get it at all.
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> (i) first, they seriously cripple the world's best web application framework by cutting out the ObjC support, leaving it Java-only, and thus half-unusable.
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> (ii) then they stop bundling it.
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> (iii) then they stop supporting it at all.
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> All right, I can see after (i) they could hardly charge any money for licencing, whilst the support price would skyrocket; but why on earth not put it to open source at the same moment?!?
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> The same company who is known to put _lots_ of pretty interesting things to public (see Darwin).
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> Oh, sigh.
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> About the only (dumb and conspirational) theory I can think of is that were the sources open, hacking App Store would get the usual 'varsity freaks pastime :)
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>> - hugi
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>>> http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dotnet/archive/2015/02/03/coreclr-is-now-open-source.aspx
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>>> The github is here
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>>> https://github.com/dotnet/coreclr
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>>> It’s a shame Apple never did the same with WO.
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