Re: IBM to adopt Wicket as standard web framework

> It´d be fantastic. But it's a bit suspicious, considering the magic date. :)
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> On 3/26/07, Francis Amanfo <famanfo@... > wrote:
> > I'm only a messenger. Don't persecute the messenger!
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> > On 3/26/07, Korbinian Bachl < korbinian@... > wrote:
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> > >
> > > "The official announcement of this was planned for April 1, 2007, but
> because this falls on Sunday, the
> > > announcement is scheduled for April, 2 2007."
> > >
> > > is this some kind of april the 1st joke or are you serious about it???
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ________________________________
>  Von: wicket-user-bounces@...
> [mailto:wicket-user-bounces@...] Im
> Auftrag von Francis Amanfo
> > > Gesendet: Montag, 26. März 2007 16:21
> > > An: wicket-user@...
> > > Betreff: [Wicket-user] IBM to adopt Wicket as standard web framework
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi guys,
> > >
> > > An IBM internal memo, written and signed by product manager, Tim
> O'Malley, has been leaked.
> > > Well, to be more direct, a friend of my working with IBM leaked this to
> me.
> > > In it, IBM praised Wicket as an innovative and state of the art web
> framework that stands up tall against all its
> > > competitors including JSF, Struts 2 and Tapestry. In the memo, IBM
> mentions some of it's frustrations with JSF and
> > > about Sun not listening to them during the creation of the JSF
> specification. In the memo, IBM also praises the Wicket team
> > > as very hardworking and dedicated guys and is in negotiations to employ
> them into IBM and make them work on Wicket
> > > and sell support under the umbrella of IBM.
> > > The memo also goes further to announce IBM's plans to integrate Wicket
> into it's JEE offerings. To be more specific,
> > > Wicket would be Integrated into RAD 8 as the default Web framework,
> which it plans to release in the fourth quater of this year.
> > > The memo also states IBM's plans to create widgets, which it plans to
> market under the label WICKED Widgets, of all
> > > the standard Wicket components and enable drag and drop development in
> RAD 8. It would also make WICKED(c) widgets standalone for separate downloads.
> > > The official announcement of this was planned for April 1, 2007, but
> because this falls on Sunday, the
> > > announcement is scheduled for April, 2 2007.
> > >
> > > There is a link to this memo but is currently available only on IBM's
> internal network, which of course is closed
> > > to the public.
> > >
> > > I personally think this is a great news. It will grow Wicket's adoption
> exponentially, which is of course a good
> > > thing for the community and give Wicket a high status in the web
> framework community. In addition, our diligent, humble
> > > and hardworking Wicket core developers would be rewarded.
> > >
> > > So join me rejoice about the greatest news so far for the Wicket
> community.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Francis
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