Re: Abandonware???
Re: Abandonware???
- Subject: Re: Abandonware???
- From: Chuck Hill <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2015 23:00:32 +0000
- Thread-topic: Abandonware???
Will we have fermented shark loin for breakfast? :-)
On 2015-10-02, 3:55 PM,
"webobjects-dev-bounces+chill=email@hidden on behalf of
Pascal Robert" <webobjects-dev-bounces+chill=email@hidden
on behalf of email@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Le 2015-10-02 à 18:00, Hugi Thordarson <email@hidden> a écrit :
>>
>> Apple silently killed WebObjects and abandoned it's users roughly a
>>decade ago (in a somewhat less-than-honest manner (Floop-de-diddity-doo
>>You, Apple)).
>>
>> But the community marches on. I¹m constantly impressed by how this
>>community survives and keeps what's essentially a dead product the best
>>IDE/web-framework combination available. But at the same time, it¹s kind
>>of triste. We¹ll never get new users. No one will use a dead framework.
>>I hesitate to recommend it myself.
>>
>> We really need a future destination. I¹ve found a future for my data in
>>Cayenne (I¹ve converted most of my WO/EOF projects to use Cayenne
>>instead of EOF and it¹s awesome) but I haven¹t found any web frameworks
>>that can even begin to compare to WO. And I¹ve looked hard.
>
>You know, now that we have a direct flight between Iceland and Montreal,
>your conversion to Cayenne would be a great presentation about WOWODC
>2016. :-)
>
>> - hugi
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 2. okt. 2015, at 21:01, Alan Ward <email@hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>> I think Apple has abandoned WebObjects outside of Apple but not
>>>inside. Just my personal opinion
>>>
>>> Alan
>>>
>>>
>>> On Oct 2, 2015, at 12:47 PM, Paul Yu <email@hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I was reading this Wikipedia article.
>>>>
>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abandonware
>>>>
>>>> Would the list agree that WebObjects is now abandonware?
>>>>
>>>> "Definitions of "abandoned" vary, but in general it is like any item
>>>>that is abandoned - it is ignored by the owner, and as such product
>>>>support and possibly copyright enforcement are also "abandoned". It
>>>>can refer to a product that is no longer available for legal purchase,
>>>>over the age where the product creator feels an obligation to continue
>>>>to support it, or where operating systems or hardwareplatforms have
>>>>evolved to such a degree that the creator feels continued support
>>>>cannot be financially justified."
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