Re: when is webobject 5.3 for window published

On Sep 8, 2005, at 2:49 AM, Anders Peterson wrote:

> I can NOT see the point in not allowing deployment on any java  
> server (regardless of operating system and hardware).

Presumably it's so they can make use of something that's only  
available on OS X in a a future release.  Also, the word from WWDC  
was that they don't care where you deploy, they just don't support it  
on anything but OS X.  That means they don't have to care if  
deployment stops working on other platforms, not that they will stop  
you from doing it.

I don't think it's a great move either;  it may well mean that my  
company can't use WO at all, because telling clients they have to buy  
an XServe in order to host their own site is going to be a deal- 
killer in many places.  But I still believe, as I have posted to  
these lists before, that Apple's main priority is to make life better  
for their internal developers who are using WO for things like iTunes  
and the online Store.  WO is not widely used enough outside of Apple  
for them to care whether we use it or not.  Of course one can argue  
that that is their own fault for not promoting it and keeping it  
updated over the years.

IMHO, of course.

janine