Hi Pascal, I meant to say that Mike's assimilation is somewhat of a loss to the outside community; and Apple now has even one less reason to release WebObjects.
Why don't you make a poll/survey: "Do you believe Apple is ever going to release WebObjects to the public?" Greetings, Dennis. On 2010-04-22, at 5:45 PM, Pascal Robert wrote: > > Le 10-04-22 à 20:32, Gaastra Dennis - WO Lists a écrit : > >> A little belated congratulations from Whistler, BC. Yes; there is still >> 330cm (11ft) of snow up here. > > Snow, what's this? It all went away in mid March here! > >> Thanks for working on WOLips and all your support to this list. I really >> like the work you have done in the past. Will you be continuing to work on >> WOLips while working for Apple? >> >> With the outside community being a bit smaller now, the only thing that >> worries me is that Apple is even less likely to release WebObjects to the >> public; and more likely to keep it internal only... Come on Apple, what is >> this "legacy" and "not supported on Snow Leopard" business. > > We could just try to expand the community. In the last 365 days, 870 visits > on wocommunity.org came from people searching on Google for WebObjects > tutorials. Sadly, we don't have any tutorials except the one Apple did last > year... A funny enough, 748 visits after September 1th 2009, right after Snow > Leopard came out and Apple said it was not supported in SL Server! 9 350 > unique page views for the front page of wocommunity.org since September 1th > 2009, so there is some interest in WO, but sadly except the Apple tutorial > and the basic screencasts, we don't have much to offer... > >> In other words; if one likes WebObjects, one must work for Apple, or stay >> with 5.4.3 forever. >> >> With Kind Regards, >> >> Dennis Gaastra, >> Chief Technology Officer, >> WEBAPPZ® Systems, Inc. >> >> >> This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the >> individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not >> disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. 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Not to >>> worry, though -- supporting WOLips and Wonder will be part of my >>> responsibilities, so I'm far from disappearing. I think iTMS has done a >>> really good job demonstrating that they're committed to contributing, with >>> Entity Modeler app, eomodeldoc, and a substantial amount of work recently >>> with ERModernLook. The folks over there appreciate the value of the >>> WebObjects and Wonder communities, and I look forward to a lot of exciting >>> things in the future. >>> >>> As far as mDimension, we are parting on really good terms. They have been a >>> great company to work for over the past 5 years. For years before I came >>> on, Bill would tell me about this framework called WebObjects and how great >>> it was. When I started at mDT, he got me going with WO with a bunch of >>> books, WWDC videos, and helpful guidance, and they set me on The Path. mDT >>> has also consistently made a substantial investment in the community, >>> supporting every bit of development that I've done in WOLips, Wonder, >>> WOWODC, and the build servers throughout my time here, and I applaud them >>> for that. >>> >>> For the things you guys may directly care about: >>> >>> * WOLips - still working on it >>> * Wonder - still working on it >>> * Build Servers - mDT will continue to host the build servers >>> * WOWODC - still attending, though not in an official Apple capacity >>> >>> To contact me in the future, my AIM/twitter are the same, but you can use >>> my msch...@pobox.com email address. >>> >>> ms >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Do not post admin requests to the list. 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