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WebObjects Now Free With Tiger

Posted by Zonk on from the good-things-for-your-stocking dept.

Reverberant writes "Macworld reports that has Apple released WebObjects as a free application. From $50,000 to free, the software used to build the iTunes Music Store and Dell's original online store is now available for free to Tiger users via Xcode 2.1." From the article: " The software has historical importance to Apple-watchers: it was originally released in March 1996 - but not by Apple. In fact, WebObjects was developed by NeXT Computer and became Apple's software only when that company acquired Steve Jobs' second computer company later that year. While not software on the tip of every Mac users tongue, WebObjects sits behind several significant implementations - the most famous current example being Apple's iTunes Music Store."

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  1. Why? by sammykrupa · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why would Apple do this? The average Tiger user does not ever now that when you access a website you are accessing a computer. Why Steve? Why!

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  2. free already by patrickoehlinger · · Score: -1, Troll

    Weakup! WebObject was free since quite some time, just not included in XCode.

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