Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-26 Thread Ray Kiddy
No. If one wanted to write a clean-room implementation of WebObjects' APIs, that is exactly what the decision in 2014 spoke to. So, for those of us in the US, that decision said we could not implement something which implemented the APIs. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/05/oracles-java

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-26 Thread Lon Varscsak
I think a clean-room implementation was probably always defendable, however, no one that I know is doing that. Looking at de-compiled source isn’t “clean”. :P -Lon On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 4:42 PM, Ray Kiddy wrote: > > Well, Google just won their case against Oracle. I am not a lawyer, nor do >

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-26 Thread Ray Kiddy
Well, Google just won their case against Oracle. I am not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV, but I think that this means a clean-room re-implementation is legally doable. Just saying. - ray On 5/3/16 8:19 AM, Hugi Thordarson wrote: Hi all. We probably all know that WO's been practically d

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-16 Thread Ramsey Gurley
On May 12, 2016, at 9:40 AM, Paul Yu wrote: > Doesn’t Project WOnder already infringe on Apple copyrighted APIs? wonder/Utilities/NSFoundation and all the com.webobjects stuff overridden to fix bugs in WO. We all live on borrowed time. I wonder if extending an Oracle class through inheritance

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-12 Thread Chuck Hill
While you are testing things like this, you could verify that gasoline vapours are flammable as well. :-P On 2016-05-12, 9:36 AM, "webobjects-dev-bounces+chill=gevityinc@lists.apple.com on behalf of Jean Pierre Malrieu" wrote: >Yes, sure. But is there a way to test Apple’s willingness t

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-12 Thread Hugi Thordarson
No. And I would never base my solutions on (nor sell my customers) anything based on a legally ambiguous product. Doing so is amazingly irresponsible. > On 12. maí 2016, at 16:36, Jean Pierre Malrieu wrote: > > Yes, sure. But is there a way to test Apple’s willingness to legally respond > to

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-12 Thread Paul Yu
Do we think that Apple, the Largest Corporation in the world, will press an issue with a bunch of small companies using derived work of a product they abandoned? What is the negative publicity cost to them? What is the positive financial value to them? How much will it cost Apple just to assig

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-12 Thread Jean Pierre Malrieu
Yes, sure. But is there a way to test Apple’s willingness to legally respond to an infringement of their copyright? > Le 12 mai 2016 à 18:26, Hugi Thordarson a écrit : > > Legally, no. Copyright still applies to abandonware. Whatever the way forward > is, we can’t use WO code. > > - hugi > >

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-12 Thread Hugi Thordarson
Legally, no. Copyright still applies to abandonware. Whatever the way forward is, we can’t use WO code. - hugi > On 12. maí 2016, at 16:21, Jean Pierre Malrieu wrote: > > Apple will probably never open source WO. > But does the fact that WO is officially « AbandonWare » have consequences for

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-12 Thread Jean Pierre Malrieu
Apple will probably never open source WO. But does the fact that WO is officially « AbandonWare » have consequences for the TB initiative? JPM > Le 3 mai 2016 à 19:13, Hugi Thordarson a écrit : > > I think it’s good news—at least much better than the > kind-of-certain-but-not-really uncertain

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-05 Thread Chuck Hill
On 2016-05-05, 4:46 PM, "Pascal Robert" wrote: > >> Le 5 mai 2016 à 19:32, Chuck Hill a écrit : >> >> A after a night with Hugi on St. Denis a hospital ER might be a better >> choice than Au Pied. :-P My wife has already lectured me to behave. > >If the alcohol can make me forget the horri

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-05 Thread David Holt
Yes I meant put behind in a permanent way. > On May 5, 2016, at 5:29 PM, Chuck Hill wrote: > > Didn’t you turn green and start going into shock the last time you tried that? > > > > >> On 2016-05-05, 5:26 PM, "David Holt" wrote: >> >> There is nothing a meal of fois gras everything can't h

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-05 Thread Chuck Hill
Didn’t you turn green and start going into shock the last time you tried that? On 2016-05-05, 5:26 PM, "David Holt" wrote: >There is nothing a meal of fois gras everything can't help you put behind. > > > >> On May 5, 2016, at 4:46 PM, Pascal Robert wrote: >> >> >>> Le 5 mai 2016 à 19:32,

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-05 Thread David Holt
There is nothing a meal of fois gras everything can't help you put behind. > On May 5, 2016, at 4:46 PM, Pascal Robert wrote: > > >> Le 5 mai 2016 à 19:32, Chuck Hill a écrit : >> >> A after a night with Hugi on St. Denis a hospital ER might be a better >> choice than Au Pied. :-P My wif

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-05 Thread Pascal Robert
> Le 5 mai 2016 à 19:32, Chuck Hill a écrit : > > A after a night with Hugi on St. Denis a hospital ER might be a better choice > than Au Pied. :-P My wife has already lectured me to behave. If the alcohol can make me forget the horrible year that I have, I’m in! > > > > On 2016-05-05, 4

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-05 Thread Chuck Hill
A after a night with Hugi on St. Denis a hospital ER might be a better choice than Au Pied. :-P My wife has already lectured me to behave. On 2016-05-05, 4:21 PM, "Pascal Robert" wrote: >Hugi. St-Denis Street. Perfect matchup! > >How, I guess it’s time to make a reservation at the Pied de

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-05 Thread Baiss Eric Magnusson
I suppose with Hugi presenting you will have to go with a lottery system for WOWODC tickets. Pascal should get a good cut from the global advertising for all his work. Cheers from another proud Icelander, Baiss > On May 5, 2016, at 4:21 PM, Pascal Robert wrote: > > Hugi. St-Denis Street. Perf

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-05 Thread Pascal Robert
Hugi. St-Denis Street. Perfect matchup! How, I guess it’s time to make a reservation at the Pied de cochon. > Just don’t go out drinking whisky with him. Trust me on that one... > > > > > On 2016-05-05, 7:11 AM, > "webobjects-dev-bounces+chill=gevityinc@lists.apple.com on behalf of > F

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-05 Thread Flavio Donadio
Hugi, Pardon me… I meant that in a respectful way. Cheers, Flavio > On 05/05/2016, at 12:40, Hugi Thordarson wrote: > >> It seems I’ll have to buy me a ticket to the next WOWODC. I sure have to >> shake hands with the most famous nagger in WO’s history! :-) > > Get a haircut. Is that gum!?

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-05 Thread Cail Borrell
Hi Hugi, Now, why did you have to go kill WO. Couldn't you just have let it live its peaceful life in retirement :-) It's been a long time. Hope you are all well. -Cail Sent from my iPhone > On May 4, 2016, at 19:30, Hugi Thordarson wrote: > > Well, f***… Wouldn’t you know. I’m the man tha

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-05 Thread Chuck Hill
Just don’t go out drinking whisky with him. Trust me on that one... On 2016-05-05, 7:11 AM, "webobjects-dev-bounces+chill=gevityinc@lists.apple.com on behalf of Flavio Donadio" wrote: >It seems I’ll have to buy me a ticket to the next WOWODC. I sure have to shake >hands with the most

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-05 Thread Hugi Thordarson
> It seems I’ll have to buy me a ticket to the next WOWODC. I sure have to > shake hands with the most famous nagger in WO’s history! :-) Get a haircut. Is that gum!? - hugi ___ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-05 Thread Flavio Donadio
It seems I’ll have to buy me a ticket to the next WOWODC. I sure have to shake hands with the most famous nagger in WO’s history! :-) Cheers, Flavio > On 04/05/2016, at 22:08, Ramsey Gurley wrote: > > Now he’s on CNN > > http://money.cnn.com/2016/05/04/technology/steve-jobs-apple-webobjects/

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-04 Thread Ramsey Gurley
;> >>> On 3. maí 2016, at 23:22, Chuck Hill wrote: >>> >>> The Viking Tradition lives on! >>> >>> >>> From: David LeBer >>> Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at 4:20 PM >>> To: Chuck Hill >>> Cc: WebObjects-Dev >>&

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-04 Thread Joel M. Benisch
t; I see people disappear from this list every time they are hired by Apple. I >>> just noticed Kieran has not been active in the list and his linked in >>> profile says he is now at Apple. >>> >>> :-) >>> >>> On May 4, 2016, at 1:46 PM, Chuck Hill wr

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-04 Thread Ricardo Parada
re working directly or indirectly >> for Apple. That would explain why we have more Europeans coming to WOWODC >> than people near. >> >> De : webobjects-dev-bounces+probert=macti...@lists.apple.com >> de la part de >> Ricardo Parada >> Envoyé :

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-04 Thread Paul Yu
ssociate with us now! >>> >>> From: Ramsey Gurley >> <mailto:rgur...@smarthealth.com>> >>> Date: Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 10:24 AM >>> To: David LeBer >> <mailto:dleber_wo...@codeferous.com>> >>> Cc: Chuck Hill mailto:ch...@

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-04 Thread Klaus Berkling
> On May 4, 2016, at 11:33 AM, Pascal Robert wrote: > > Looks like most WO devs in North America are working directly or indirectly > for Apple. That would explain why we have more Europeans coming to WOWODC > than people near. Maybe I should create a non-public WO developer jobs mailing list

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-04 Thread Joel M. Benisch
de > Ricardo Parada > Envoyé : 4 mai 2016 13:53:31 > À : Chuck Hill > Cc : WebObjects-Dev > Objet : Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple > > > I see people disappear from this list every time they are hired by Apple. I > just noticed Kieran has not been activ

RE: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-04 Thread Pascal Robert
Envoyé : 4 mai 2016 13:53:31 À : Chuck Hill Cc : WebObjects-Dev Objet : Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple I see people disappear from this list every time they are hired by Apple. I just noticed Kieran has not been active in the list and his linked in profile says he is now at

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-04 Thread Hugi Thordarson
4 AM > To: David LeBer > Cc: Chuck Hill , WebObjects-Dev > > Subject: Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple > > Hugi, you’re famous now :D > > http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-officially-discontinues-webobjects-2016-5 > > > On May 3, 2016, at 4:20

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-04 Thread Ricardo Parada
th us now! > > From: Ramsey Gurley > Date: Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 10:24 AM > To: David LeBer > Cc: Chuck Hill , WebObjects-Dev > > Subject: Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple > > Hugi, you’re famous now :D > > http://www.businessinsider.com/app

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-04 Thread Chuck Hill
016, at 23:22, Chuck Hill wrote: >> >> The Viking Tradition lives on! >> >> >> From: David LeBer >> Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at 4:20 PM >> To: Chuck Hill >> Cc: WebObjects-Dev >> Subject: Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple >

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-04 Thread Chuck Hill
lto:webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com>> Subject: Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple 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 mailto:dleber_wo...@codeferous.com>> wrote: Yea

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-04 Thread Hugi Thordarson
Well, f***… Wouldn’t you know. I’m the man that killed WO. - hugi > On 4. maí 2016, at 17:24, Ramsey Gurley 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 wrote: > >> Ye

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-04 Thread Ramsey Gurley
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 wrote: > Yeah, I was surprised by that too. > > Apple rarely gives definitive statements on anything, let alone a long dead > and forgotten produc

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-04 Thread Ricardo Parada
>> e-mails to sjobs on the subject trough the years without receiving a >>>>>> reply. But to Tim’s credit, it only took four emails before I was >>>>>> contacted. He’s a lot less stubborn, obviously. >>>>>> >>>>>> And we Vik

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-04 Thread Klaus Berkling
> On May 4, 2016, at 6:35 AM, Hugi Thordarson wrote: >> >> Also I can't imagine working on the server side without something like >> EOF/WebObjects. > > Yeah… I’ve made more than quite a few attempts at using them #different > technologies" and I’m now quite sure that I’d rather spend my tim

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-04 Thread Hugi Thordarson
>> We already have a clean room reimplementation of EOF—it’s called Cayenne >> and I’m now using it in all of our projects. We just need to figure out >> what to do with the presentation layer (WO). > > I think that is great for new projects. I was thinking of something API

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-04 Thread Hugi Thordarson
ning around raping and pillaging. >>> >>> - hugi >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 3. maí 2016, at 23:22, Chuck Hill wrote: >>>> >>>> The Viking Tradition lives on! >>>> >>>> >>>> From: Dav

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-04 Thread Pascal Robert
Envoyé de mon iPhone > Le 4 mai 2016 à 10:01, Musall Maik a écrit : > > >>> Am 04.05.2016 um 15:46 schrieb Pascal Robert : >>> > We already have a clean room reimplementation of EOF—it’s called Cayenne > and I’m now using it in all of our projects. We just need to figure out >

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-04 Thread Musall Maik
> Am 04.05.2016 um 15:46 schrieb Pascal Robert : >> We already have a clean room reimplementation of EOF—it’s called Cayenne and I’m now using it in all of our projects. We just need to figure out what to do with the presentation layer (WO). >>> >>> I think that is great for new

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-04 Thread Pascal Robert
gt; to Tim’s credit, it only took four emails before I was contacted. He’s a >>>>> lot less stubborn, obviously. >>>>> >>>>> And we Viking are a misunderstood, peaceful people. Apart from sending >>>>> angry emails to corporate executives, these day

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-04 Thread Hugi Thordarson
;> lot less stubborn, obviously. >>>>> >>>>> And we Viking are a misunderstood, peaceful people. Apart from sending >>>>> angry emails to corporate executives, these days we mostly conduct our >>>>> coastal raids through Panamian

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-04 Thread Hugi Thordarson
offshore >>>> companies. It’s so much easier than eating psychoactive mushrooms and >>>> running around raping and pillaging. >>>> >>>> - hugi >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 3. maí 2016, at 23:22, Ch

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-04 Thread Ken Anderson
red in offshore >>>> companies. It’s so much easier than eating psychoactive mushrooms and >>>> running around raping and pillaging. >>>> >>>> - hugi >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 3. maí 2016, at 23:22

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-04 Thread Samuel Pelletier
016, at 23:22, Chuck Hill >> <mailto:ch...@gevityinc.com>> wrote: >>> >>> The Viking Tradition lives on! >>> >>> >>> From: David LeBer >> <mailto:dleber_wo...@codeferous.com>> >>> Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at 4:20 PM

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-04 Thread Ricardo Parada
ur >>> coastal raids through Panamian law firms using money stored in offshore >>> companies. It’s so much easier than eating psychoactive mushrooms and >>> running around raping and pillaging. >>> >>> - hugi >>> >>> >>> &

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-04 Thread Hugi Thordarson
ed in offshore companies. >> It’s so much easier than eating psychoactive mushrooms and running around >> raping and pillaging. >> >> - hugi >> >> >> >>> On 3. maí 2016, at 23:22, Chuck Hill wrote: >>> >>> The Viking Traditi

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-04 Thread Ricardo Parada
ives on! >> >> >> From: David LeBer >> Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at 4:20 PM >> To: Chuck Hill >> Cc: WebObjects-Dev >> Subject: Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple >> >> Yeah, I was surprised by that too. >> >> A

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-04 Thread Hugi Thordarson
n 3. maí 2016, at 23:22, Chuck Hill wrote: > > The Viking Tradition lives on! > > > From: David LeBer > Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at 4:20 PM > To: Chuck Hill > Cc: WebObjects-Dev > Subject: Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple > > Yeah, I was surp

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-03 Thread Chuck Hill
The Viking Tradition lives on! From: David LeBer mailto:dleber_wo...@codeferous.com>> Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at 4:20 PM To: Chuck Hill mailto:ch...@gevityinc.com>> Cc: WebObjects-Dev mailto:webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com>> Subject: Re: WebObjects officially declared dead

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-03 Thread David LeBer
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 (ch...@gevityinc.com) wrote: I am surprised that Hugi got a clear statement from Apple. That must have taken s

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-03 Thread Chuck Hill
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=gevityinc@lists.apple.com on behalf of Pascal Robert"

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-03 Thread Pascal Robert
> Le 3 mai 2016 à 12:47, Flavio Donadio 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

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-03 Thread Paul Yu
Craig was the EOF manager back in the day. Now that WO is officially abandoned by Apple, the questions for me are: What is the logical conclusion of pushing WOnder beyond WebObjects? What does that mean in the end? Will we always have to carry around the legacy WO frameworks? When does the o

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-03 Thread Baiss Eric Magnusson
> On May 3, 2016, at 10:31 AM, Ricardo Parada wrote: > > I Wonder if Craig Federighi has any love for WebObjects in his heart. I mean > he was very involved with EOF and WebObjects. Perhaps a Swifty WebObjects > for Linux in the distant future using Swift 4's property behaviors to > implemen

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-03 Thread Ricardo Parada
I Wonder if Craig Federighi has any love for WebObjects in his heart. I mean he was very involved with EOF and WebObjects. Perhaps a Swifty WebObjects for Linux in the distant future using Swift 4's property behaviors to implement object/array faults. :-) > On May 3, 2016, at 1:13 PM, Hugi

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-03 Thread Hugi Thordarson
I think it’s good news—at least much better than the kind-of-certain-but-not-really uncertainty we’ve had for the past decade or so. And I don’t think we should be holding our breath waiting for Apple to open source WO. As awesome as that would be, though :). - hugi > On 3. maí 2016, at 16:4

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-03 Thread Flavio Donadio
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 i

Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-03 Thread Gino Pacitti
Well…. never say never!!! ;-) > On 3 May 2016, at 16:19, Hugi Thordarson 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 state

WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple

2016-05-03 Thread Hugi Thordarson
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 sta