Any talk of Google Adwords frightens me. How did you hear about ruby on rails ? python ? tapestry ? struts ? Was it that you stumbled on a Google Adword, or was it the buzz generated by the respective communities and the knock on reviews on cnet, slashdot and wired ?
I agree here. As long WO is not open-source, it doesn't make sense for the community to take up this role. Wanted to point this out by linking to articlesin my prior post, ie. making it with WO news / advocacy into the editorial space, not the paid ad space. [ IMO, Apple could/should have bought AdWords when WO was still considered a boxed product..oh well, does the TimeMachine in 10.5 have a secret AIMF button for WebObjects 5.0 :) ]
Here's some fun: Try a google blog search on ruby on rails, limited to posts in the last day: http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?hl=en&q=ruby+on +rails&ie=UTF-8&as_drrb=q&as_qdr=d
An interesting post I got from this link happens to be "Project Able" responding to the popularity of RoR for Java developers... http://blogs.opensymphony.com/plightbo/2006/08/project_able_a_complete_java_w.html WO might still raise attention from people looking for an easier way to accomplish things in Java other than J2EE from big vendors, ie. developers looking at - Project Able - https://trails.dev.java.net ... and similar. I guess more developers got to know about WebObjects looking at Tapestry - reading about the inspiration for /history of Tapestry... - than otherwise, but I can't prove it :) For advocacy or a foundation to have the best effect in my opinion for new blood / expanding the community - as someone shouted these past days in Caps-Lock - WO should go opensource. So I could start screaming OIMF! instead of AIMF! but that's beating a dead horse discussed many times...and only Apple can decide on that issue. Marc _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to archive@mail-archive.com
