Re: Reasons *not* to open source WebObjects?
Georg Tuparev <[email protected]>
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On Mar 31, 2005, at 3:42 AM, Ashley Aitken wrote: >> I agree with Mark. Open source contributions from big companies start >> to >> live by the open source rules after being released in the wild. And WO >> chance of survival is as good as the will of the community to make it >> happen... And you need to have/build this community. > > Although not assuming to speak for these people, I think those > involved (past and present) in Project WONDER have represented a > community that is ready, willing and most able to work with an open > source WebObjects. > > Heck, they've probably done more for WO in the last few years than > Apple itself. There efforts would also greatly benefit from being > able to get inside WO rather than having to tinker on the outside or > provide alternatives for chunks of WO. I am not so sure about this. I fully agree that some very smart and useful sources could be found within Wonder, but I neither can integrate the project with our own sources, nor even compile it with Xcode. And please do not think of showing Wonder to a WO developers who have less then 3 years of WO experience - they will be completely lost and frustrated. This reminds me on a long forgotten chapter from NeXT. There was something called Indexing Kit. NeXT decided to give it to the MiscKit community (I was one of them).... Well, the thing did not work out. I am afraid the same will happen if Apple does this with WO.... Just my €0.02 Georg Tuparev Tuparev Technologies Klipper 13 1186 VR Amstelveen The Netherlands Mobile: +31-6-55798196