On Aug 28, 2006, at 1:40 PM, Chuck Hill wrote:
On Aug 28, 2006, at 10:32 AM, David Sanchez wrote:
Hallo!
It is also well-known that Apple does not want to open source WO.
But, if Apple does not plan to open WO, IT HAS to re-write
documentation.
No, it doesn't. Please stop making silly and illogical arguments.
It is getting quite annoying.
My excuses, I did not want to annoy.
But, I assume, that if Apple wanted to make WO open source, they
could. Apple has the resources and the lawyers. If Sun could
partially open source Solaris (for any reason), I cannot believe
Apple is tied hands.
What's so silly in it?
Apple is a company and does not have to do anything that it does
not want to, provided that such inaction is legal. Not writing
documentation is not illegal. Apple is not making money directly
from WO as a product so it will do whatever makes business sense
for it to do.
Of course. Apple can do whatever they want. But it seems they want to
give WO a boost. Maybe I am wrong. But that is what some people in
the list have though of. And I am one of them.
It is almost impossible to get new developers interested in WO
development without docs and tutorials up dated.
Why do you think that Apple cares? Its only use for new WO
developers is to staff its internal projects. If a developer can't
"pick it up" from the documentation there is (and some being
developed WOLips side), they probably will never be up to snuff for
Apple's internal projects.
I really believe, better WO, could help Apple to drive server sales.
Providing a complete and integrated solution. Very Apple-like, Apple
hardware, running Apple OS, running Apple frameworks (WO). No other
company can provide that, except maybe Sun. Apple has all the
technology and components, why wouldn't?
And, things happens... Old programmers can die, jump to other
platform or quit programming.
So, if that's the case, Apple strategy for WO is just let it die.
Define die. It has not been a money making product for quite some
time (ever?).
I should have not use the term die, may be drift away (Everyone
forgetting about it, like a nice memory).
David Sanchez
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