[Seaside] Convincing Web Application shops to use seaside

[Colin Putney]

On Monday, June 16, 2003, at 11:16  AM, tblanchard at mac.com wrote:

>
> Oh I wish you could have explained that to Apple before they went and 
> ported WebObjects from ObjectiveC to Java.  But actually, language 
> does matter somewhat.  For instance, IMO, WebObjects did not survive 
> the port to Java.  The resulting system is much less productive to 
> use.  Hence my interest in Seaside.

Actually, I did mention it to an Apple employee once... didn't seem to 
have much effect.

And yes, I agree that the language does matter. It's just that Seaside 
being in Smalltalk isn't as big a hurdle as it might seem, and may even 
be a vehicle for promoting Smalltalk.

Cheers,

Colin