Now he’s on CNN

http://money.cnn.com/2016/05/04/technology/steve-jobs-apple-webobjects/index.html

This is more news about WO than before WO was kill :D

On May 4, 2016, at 10:50 AM, Chuck Hill <[email protected]> wrote:

> Eating psychoactive mushrooms and running around raping and pillaging sounds 
> like way more fun than accounting.  At least for my experiences of accounting.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 2016-05-04, 1:48 AM, "Hugi Thordarson" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Probably no one as surprised as myself. I probably sent dozens of e-mails to 
>> sjobs on the subject trough the years without receiving a reply. But to 
>> Tim’s credit, it only took four emails before I was contacted. He’s a lot 
>> less stubborn, obviously.
>> 
>> And we Viking are a misunderstood, peaceful people. Apart from sending angry 
>> emails to corporate executives, these days we  mostly conduct our coastal 
>> raids through Panamian law firms using money stored in offshore companies. 
>> It’s so much easier than eating psychoactive mushrooms and running around 
>> raping and pillaging.
>> 
>> - hugi
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 3. maí 2016, at 23:22, Chuck Hill <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> The Viking Tradition lives on!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> From: David LeBer <[email protected]>
>>> Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at 4:20 PM
>>> To: Chuck Hill <[email protected]>
>>> Cc: WebObjects-Dev <[email protected]>
>>> Subject: Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple
>>> 
>>> 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
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