Jim Roepcke's weblog have browser, will travel (est. 1999)

WebObjects, RIP?

It has been well-documented that WebObjects no longer ships with Xcode 3.2 for Mac OS X Snow Leopard, or Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server. So, is that the end for WebObjects? Inquiring minds would like to know...

I've been patient. Really, I have. There was no information provided at WWDC. If I remember correctly, an Apple rep at the (only) Java session said information would be available in a few weeks. But nothing has been announced. The next logical time (logical based on Apple's policy of secrecy which is more important than keeping developers informed about the future of their platform) for Apple to clear up the future of WebObjects is today, since Snow Leopard has now been released.

So far, nothing. I wish I could say I was surprised.

I'm not even doing a lot with WebObjects these days, but it is a part of my skill-set and I do enjoy working with it. Do I continue investing my time into maintaining those skills, or move on? I wish I knew. Any outsider looking at this situation would simply say "it's dead Jim, save yourself!", but the reality is, the silence means nothing, it's unfortunately completely normal.

The best outcome would be for Apple to announce it's making WebObjects an open-source project, a la WebKit, something they will support, improve, and accept outside contributions for. I doubt that happens, at least for a while, but it would be nice to know anything about where it's going.

So, Apple, what's the future of WebObjects?

Hemsky is money

There's one player I tune into Oilers games to see. Ales Hemsky. The most creative, skilled player the Oilers have had since Gretzky, and I believe there is nobody in the NHL, nay, the world, with better hands than Ales, especially at full speed. The only one who comes close is Kovalev, but that's more hypothetical than reality since you never seen Kovy fly like Hemsky nowadays.

One of the plays in the video (starting at 5:05) is very reminiscent of Datsyuk's famous shootout deke goal against Turco. I think Hemsky actually did this before Datsyuk, and it wasn't in the shootout (ie: he had opposing players to worry about too).

Excuse the dust

I've just flipped the switch, my weblog is now powered by WordPress. It was powered by Seth Dillingham's Conversant since 2000, and it was very hard to say goodbye, but here we are.

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