Re: WO 5.3 Deployment OS X only concerns

Hi Charles (et al.),

On 13/06/2005, at 11:29 PM, Charles Plater wrote:

> 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.

I think this is a great idea and I suggested it to Apple as well  
(although I was hoping for an amount around the current license  
fee).  Unfortunately, as you suggest, I don't think Apple is keen to  
do anything that doesn't support Mac sales (now that they can offer  
the server-side hardware to run WebObjects on).  I'm also unsure if  
current (or future) sales would cover the cost of support for other  
platforms.

Cheers,
Ashley.

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