Hugi, you’re famous now :D http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-officially-discontinues-webobjects-2016-5
On May 3, 2016, at 4:20 PM, David LeBer <dleber_wo...@codeferous.com> wrote: > 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 (ch...@gevityinc.com) 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, >> "webobjects-dev-bounces+chill=gevityinc....@lists.apple.com on behalf of >> Pascal Robert" <webobjects-dev-bounces+chill=gevityinc....@lists.apple.com >> on behalf of prob...@macti.ca> wrote: >> >> > >> >> Le 3 mai 2016 à 12:47, Flavio Donadio <fla...@donadio.com.br> 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 <h...@karlmenn.is> 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 (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) >> >>> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> >>> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/flavio%40donadio.com.br >> >>> >> >>> This email sent to fla...@donadio.com.br >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >> >> Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) >> >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> >> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/probert%40macti.ca >> >> >> >> This email sent to prob...@macti.ca >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> >Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >> >Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) >> >Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> >https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/chill%40gevityinc.com >> > >> >This email sent to ch...@gevityinc.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >> Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/dleber_wodev%40codeferous.com >> >> This email sent to dleber_wo...@codeferous.com > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/rgurley%40smarthealth.com > > This email sent to rgur...@smarthealth.com
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