Hi Mark, When reading through your email I realised that this is quite nicely summarising my thoughts on this topic. I hear other people on the list talking about the past, but this is about the future. Since Apple now has a large installed base of iOS devices, it would be worth a try again to go beyond consumer products. Your medical application of iOS linked with server technology would fit perfect in the common heard Apple values: "the crossroads of technology and liberal arts". Let's see what the future brings. I've copied Craig Federighi and hope your idea will interest him as well.
Best regards, Bart > Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 22:58:39 +0000 > From: Mark Wardle <[email protected]> > To: WebObjects Development <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: WebObjects development > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > Hi all. > > It is sad to hear the despondency permeating through the email list today. > > I think many of us have achieved so much with this technology stack, > solutions that would be much more difficult with other technologies. > > I think Apple is missing a trick here. Perhaps I am naive but isn’t their > focus on vertical integration? WebObjects is and could be the server side > answer for iOS in the enterprise. For me, we’re just about to deploy our > first iOS apps running on iPads in our outpatient clinics, linking to our > WebObjects applications handling all of the complex business logic that we > need in healthcare. We’ve achieved this on a shoestring and it’s due to the > great design - seen in WebObjects and of course, by logical extension in the > related frameworks inherited from NeXT in modern Apple operating systems. > > Personally, I want Apple stuff in the enterprise - in my enterprise - in my > outpatient clinic. I think it would make a tremendous difference to how we > provide healthcare. WebObjects is such a good fit for iOS devices I just > cannot believe that Apple does not want to support such a great and > productive technology. > > Whatever the case, my WebObjects applications are still running and we are > getting more and more users here in this part of the UK! It is just a shame > Apple seems to have given up on it. > > I’ve copied in Tim Cook to this. At the back of my mind, I’m hoping he’ll > take an interest, realise overnight what a great technology this is and how > it can be a great product for both large and small enterprises, can form part > of a great technology stack and support iOS, and as such, re-incarnate > WebObjects - the technology we love! Mr Cook - could Apple un-deprecate this > technology please? It is really rather good! > > Best wishes, > > Mark > > -- > Dr. Mark Wardle > Consultant Neurologist, University Hospital Wales, Cardiff, UK > Email: [email protected] or [email protected] Twitter: @mwardle > Telephone: 02920745274 (secretary) or facsimile: 02920744166
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