Hi Stephane (and all WOrriors), You make a good argument but think of it another way:
1) WO is not directly making money for apple 2) Open-sourcing could be a money loser for apple: They might lose a perceived bargaining chip. There is no financial incentive for Apple to open WO. I only see two ways that WO will ever be open sourced: A) An offer is made to purchase WO. Those that see value in it and make an offer that Apple can't refuse could then do what they want, which could mean open sourcing it. Something like this happened with "Squeak" (Apple's in-house version of Smalltalk) when it was sold to Disney and then open sourced by Disney. Incidentally "Seaside" which got its life in Squeak is probably the only interesting competitor to WO. Ruby on Rails has no "component actions" so it doesn't even come close. B) The perceived bargaining chips contained in WO related patents expire - When this happens Apple *might* open source WO but still, there is no financial incentive to do so. -- Aaron
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