Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple
Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple
- Subject: Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple
- From: Hugi Thordarson <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 04 May 2016 17:30:45 +0000
Well, f***… Wouldn’t you know. I’m the man that killed WO.
- hugi
> On 4. maí 2016, at 17:24, Ramsey Gurley <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> Hugi, you’re famous now :D
>
> http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-officially-discontinues-webobjects-2016-5
>
>
> On May 3, 2016, at 4:20 PM, David LeBer <email@hidden> wrote:
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>> Yeah, I was surprised by that too.
>>
>> Apple rarely gives definitive statements on anything, let alone a long dead and forgotten product ;)
>>
>> --
>> D
>>
>> On May 3, 2016 at 7:11:05 PM, Chuck Hill (email@hidden) wrote:
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>>> I am surprised that Hugi got a clear statement from Apple. That must have taken some persistence! “Frank, this damn Hugi guy keeps bugging us every year, get rid of him!”
>>>
>>> :-)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2016-05-03, 4:04 PM, "webobjects-dev-bounces+chill=email@hidden on behalf of Pascal Robert" <webobjects-dev-bounces+chill=email@hidden on behalf of email@hidden> wrote:
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>>> >
>>> >> Le 3 mai 2016 à 12:47, Flavio Donadio <email@hidden> a écrit :
>>> >>
>>> >> Hugi,
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> That’s bad news, but it’s exactly what we expected, in a certain way. The silence and lack of updates for such a long time were telling us the truth, although we wouldn’t accept it — there had to be a final word, straight from the horse’s mouth! I guess we have it now.
>>> >>
>>> >> So, they say WO is dead. We say “long live, WO!"
>>> >>
>>> >> We should move on to the next step: nagging Apple to release WO/EOF as open source software! ;-)
>>> >
>>> >This topic comes around every year. Multiple people asked this to Apple over the last 7 years. It won’t happen. Final.
>>> >
>>> >>
>>> >> Cheers,
>>> >> Flavio
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>> On 03/05/2016, at 12:19, Hugi Thordarson <email@hidden> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Hi all.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> We probably all know that WO's been practically dead to Apple for a long time, but unfortunately Apple has refused to state so officially (at least I don't recall there being an official statement).
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Anyhow… In the past years I've regularly sent letters to Tim Cook, asking about the state of WO (being the naggy guy I am) and recently, I was contacted by Apple executive relations regarding my questions. The guy I spoke to called a couple of times, at first, he had absolutely no idea what WO was but the second time he called, he had obtained information and had a clear statement: "WebObjects is a discontinued product and will never be upgraded".
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I know this information is extremely redundant, but I still wanted to tell you since it was something of a relief. Felt a little like the police calling you to let you know that they'd found the remains of your friend that's been missing for 15 years and finally declared him dead.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> But of course, this changes nothing; WO is still better than ever. We just need to continue to distance Wonder from WO and move forward.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Cheers,
>>> >>> - hugi
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