Hello Jim (and David and everyone else), Oh, boy. Just when I stopped arguing on WebObjects-Talk on the very same topic started a few days ago :)
(To repeat I'm in no way related to the article and have no inside knowledge whatsoever)
I believe that as late as today WebObjects might find a life if it
was open-sourced. Me too. But it doesn't need to be now..5.4 might be a good timeframe IMHO.
WebObjects won't go away soon, but simply cannot be a growth area
under the present >circumstances, no matter what features they add. Wonderful tool, bad prospects. IMHO, WO is already in a better position today than it was 2-3 years ago, ie. since moving from a rather neglected product to a free developer tool: NeXT high-end and niche service/product (pre Apple) -> Apple mainstream* boxed developer product (2000/2001) -> free developer tool (WWDC 2005) -> "hybrid" community developer tool with free runtime (WWDC 2006) If anyone's interested, I argued that the next step could and should be Open Source in the future. This is over at WebObjects-talk so as not to clutter this list :)
Better to look at Ruby on Rails if you're a technology lover or j2ee if you're a practical >guy.
A good example that a free WO (and later a shared source or open source WO) could go a long way in short time: Where was Ruby on Rails just 2-3 years ago ? Nowhere on most people's minds... David, there is already a guide available today as you probably saw... http://www.objectstyle.org/confluence/display/WOL/Install+WOLips+with+Eclipse+Update+Manager and a general FAQ... http://www.objectstyle.org/confluence/display/WOCOM/FAQ+on+WebObjects More info will be added as it comes in. Marc * = that was the idea :) _______________________________________________ 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
