Re: I have a dream :-)

In your dream, you don't explain to Steve what the advantages of open- 
sourcing WO would be.  Heck, you didn't even mention the halo effect  
to him!  You just told him that you thought that WO needs to be open- 
source -- not a compelling presentation.

Now go back to sleep and have that dream again!  ;)

On Sep 30, 2007, at 6:27 AM, Stephane Guyot wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> last night as FTO ( Fantomatic Technical Officer) , I directly  
> report to Steve.
>
> I just dispose of only 2 minutes to convince Steve that opensource  
> WebObjects may have a big Hallo Effect for Apple.
> The WO team agree with me and all WO developpers too, the challenge  
> is big for the Community.
> I take the lift, door of the office is open, today's rumor says  
> that Steve is in good mood, go.
>
> Fantomic : Hi Steve
> Steve : Hi Fantomic
>
> Fantomic : Well, the web is a mess , Apple can still come back in  
> the war on the server side. J2EE is a nightmare, bad design, too  
> much of JSR, most of J2EE projects fails.
> WebObjects, is simple , very light , very efficient, Steve ,  
> WebObjects is a bomb. Today the only drawback with WO is that, it's  
> not opensource.
> I think we need to decide under what kind of License we can  
> opensource WO.  We need to avoid the cacophonic coding of most  
> opensource project,
> we just need to keep the hand of the design and future of the  
> technology. Anycase, today the big challenge is no more on the  
> server side, RIA are future of the net.
>
> Steve : Fantomatic, you speaks about war and bomb, what did you  
> have in mind, Iraqi ?
> Look at WebKit. Adobe is using WebKit for AIR, they are simply  
> laughing at us.
>
> (I'm a little bit disappointed, I think Adobe is a big player on  
> the RIA, perhaps buying Adobe would be the best thing we can do ,  
> but I can't say that to Steve.
> Fucking words, as a frenchy guy, I just wants to avoid the Iraqi  
> war subject, I remember the ONU speech of the french prime  
> minister, but in the same time I'm feeling better,
> Frenchy are not always saying stupid things )
>
> Fantomatic : We needs to "Think Different", WO was simply ten years  
> ahead ot his time.
>
>
> (Steve's iPhone beeps. 2 minutes it's very short.)
>
> Steve : I will decide soon.
> Fantomatic : Great, do the right choice.
>
>
> I just came out, I saw the next iPhone on the desk, but it's under  
> NDA :-)
>
> Sincerly yours,
> Fantomic
>
> PS :
> Suggested reading :  http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp? 
> thread=193593
> Suggested hearing : "The Third Bardo" , I'm Five Years Ahead of My  
> Time
> http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum? 
> playlistId=261634131&s=143442&i=261634163
>
> Probably my last request, my last post on the list :-)
>
> Good luck to everybody,
> Stephane
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