Yeah, I was surprised by that too. Apple rarely gives definitive statements on anything, let alone a long dead and forgotten product ;)
-- D On May 3, 2016 at 7:11:05 PM, Chuck Hill ([email protected]) wrote: I am surprised that Hugi got a clear statement from Apple. That must have taken some persistence! “Frank, this damn Hugi guy keeps bugging us every year, get rid of him!” :-) On 2016-05-03, 4:04 PM, "[email protected] on behalf of Pascal Robert" <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote: > >> Le 3 mai 2016 à 12:47, Flavio Donadio <[email protected]> a écrit : >> >> Hugi, >> >> >> That’s bad news, but it’s exactly what we expected, in a certain way. The >> silence and lack of updates for such a long time were telling us the truth, >> although we wouldn’t accept it — there had to be a final word, straight from >> the horse’s mouth! I guess we have it now. >> >> So, they say WO is dead. We say “long live, WO!" >> >> We should move on to the next step: nagging Apple to release WO/EOF as open >> source software! ;-) > >This topic comes around every year. Multiple people asked this to Apple over >the last 7 years. It won’t happen. Final. > >> >> Cheers, >> Flavio >> >> >>> On 03/05/2016, at 12:19, Hugi Thordarson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all. >>> >>> We probably all know that WO's been practically dead to Apple for a long >>> time, but unfortunately Apple has refused to state so officially (at least >>> I don't recall there being an official statement). >>> >>> Anyhow… In the past years I've regularly sent letters to Tim Cook, asking >>> about the state of WO (being the naggy guy I am) and recently, I was >>> contacted by Apple executive relations regarding my questions. The guy I >>> spoke to called a couple of times, at first, he had absolutely no idea what >>> WO was but the second time he called, he had obtained information and had a >>> clear statement: "WebObjects is a discontinued product and will never be >>> upgraded". >>> >>> I know this information is extremely redundant, but I still wanted to tell >>> you since it was something of a relief. Felt a little like the police >>> calling you to let you know that they'd found the remains of your friend >>> that's been missing for 15 years and finally declared him dead. >>> >>> But of course, this changes nothing; WO is still better than ever. We just >>> need to continue to distance Wonder from WO and move forward. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> - hugi >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >>> Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) >>> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >>> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/flavio%40donadio.com.br >>> >>> This email sent to [email protected] >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >> Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/probert%40macti.ca >> >> This email sent to [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ >Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) >Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/chill%40gevityinc.com > >This email sent to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/dleber_wodev%40codeferous.com This email sent to [email protected]
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