Re: WO 5.3 Deployment OS X only concerns

On Jun 13, 2005, at 7:04 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 think a lot of people are concerned about this.  Unfortunately, none 
of them work in Apple management...  I don't think they are likely to 
bring back support for those platforms.  And, yes, I think this will 
further complicate getting WebObjects to be used in non-Apple friendly 
places.  We will have to wait and see if the negative impact of this is 
offset by every increasing XServe sales, the new visibility for WO, and 
the resulting new adopters.  This may well end up being a big positive 
for many WO developers.

Chuck

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