"relatively pedestrian as a web framework" In early '96 having a RAD MVC web framework backed by an ORM was really pretty groundbreaking (even moving codebases

"relatively pedestrian as a web framework" In early '96 having a RAD MVC web framework backed by an ORM was really pretty groundbreaking (even moving codebases relatively seamlessly between an OpenStep desktop app and WO was possible), though yeah, this was Jobs going after the Enterprise audience rather than consumer electronics, very different vibe.