Re: WO 5.3 Deployment OS X only concerns

On Jun 13, 2005, at 10:04 AM, Wade Price wrote:

> Does anybody have any concerns now that WebObjects 5.3 deployment  
> is only officially supported on OS X?
>
> I personally have no issue limiting development to OS X. However,  
> the ability to deploy on Solaris and/or Windows allowed WO to be  
> considered by companies committed to those deployment platforms. I  
> know that 5.3 should still work (assuming you buy OS X server to  
> get the legal deployment key), but the fact that these platforms  
> are not officially supported will surely scare off anybody not  
> already committed/locked-in to WO.

I've given this some thought. Originally I was a bit upset about  
this, but I got over it for a couple of reasons:

1) We were warned about this direction at WWDC 2004.

2) Apple is willing to "fix" the license to allow deployment on other  
platforms.

3) It's just Java after all, it should run anywhere.

I wish Apple would reconsider this decision. I know they are trying  
to "monetize" their products, and I'm sure those of us who need to  
deploy on 3rd party platforms would be willing to pay a decent price  
for licensing and support. I need to look up the email addresses of  
the product managers, and send them an email w/ this suggestion. I'm  
relatively sure that I could get my managers to pay $2000 - $3000 for  
Solaris licensing/support.

-- 
Charles Plater
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