Re: State of Windows deployment in 2009?

On Nov 24, 2009, at 12:04 PM, Anjo Krank wrote:

> Jesus. Apple will do what they want. Nothing you, I or anybody else  
> says or does will make much of a difference. Nor should we really  
> care, it's not like they did something useful in the last 5 years or  
> so.
>
> You sound like they were some sort of rain god. "Let's show we are  
> loyal, or else HE might smite us like the flies we are!"
>
> Cheers, Anjo

OK, now THAT was funny!




> Am 24.11.2009 um 20:36 schrieb Gaastra Dennis - WO Lists:
>
>> If we want Apple  to release new WebObjects versions, beyond 5.4.3,  
>> to the community, the worst thing we can do is talking about  
>> Windows and Linux. We should be very clear about this: if we expect  
>> Apple to do anything for us in the regard, we should be loyal to  
>> Apple by only developing and deploying on Apple equipment.  
>> Otherwise, I am afraid that 5.4.3 will be the last version we will  
>> ever see...
>>
>> With Kind Regards,
>>
>> Dennis Gaastra,
>> Chief Technology Officer,
>> WEBAPPZ Systems, Inc.
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>> On 2009-11-24, at 10:19 AM, Kieran Kelleher wrote:
>>
>>> 1) The customer sometimes is willing to compromise and give you a  
>>> Linux box ... deployment on Linux is as easy as Mac more-or-less.  
>>> So, if they won't let you use Mac, ask if you can use Linux....  
>>> and setup CentOS or RHEL on it.
>>>
>>> 2) Project Wonder has source for Adaptors. I see IIS adaptor  
>>> source in there. No idea how good it is:
>>>
>>> 	/Wonder/Utilities/Adaptors/IIS/
>>>
>>> HTH, Kieran
>>>
>>> On Nov 24, 2009, at 12:36 PM, Ralph Scheuer wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello everybody,
>>>>
>>>> due to the fact that some of our customers use Windows servers, I  
>>>> would be interested how others deploy their WO apps on Windows  
>>>> these days...
>>>>
>>>> The wiki only refers to Apache when it comes to WO 5.4 on Windows  
>>>> and does not mention IIS...
>>>>
>>>> However, some customers need specific IIS features like Single- 
>>>> Sign-On via ActiveDirectory or do not want another web server for  
>>>> political reasons.
>>>>
>>>> How do you deal with that?
>>>>
>>>> Is it still possible to use the old 5.2 adaptors (CGI or ISAPI)  
>>>> with modern IIS versions and WO 5.4? How about 64-bit-ness?
>>>>
>>>> Would it be possible to set up WO 5.2 and just replace all the  
>>>> frameworks with the 5.4 equivalents so that at least the CGI  
>>>> adaptor (WebObjects.exe) from the old version works?
>>>>
>>>> Has Apple ever released the source of the Windows adaptors so  
>>>> that they could be recompiled for 64-bit IIS?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your input.
>>>>
>>>> Ralph
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