Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 14:27:06 -0400 From: "Kurt Becker" <kurt@hwsinc.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: must have ColdFusion and ASP ports for FreeBSD Message-ID: <001801be9d6e$35873790$4784c7cf@hwsinc.hweb.com>
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TSIA, but here is background information: Allaire ColdFusion Server Stub for Linux (http://www.allaire.com): (someone make a FreeBSD port of this once it comes out!) [begin excerpt] ColdFusion Server Stub for Linux Allaire has made a commitment to port ColdFusion Server to the Linux operating system and we are actively doing the engineering work on this initiative. As an interim step, we've prepared a ColdFusion Server stub for Linux. A stub is a module that accepts requests and forwards them to a remote server. The ColdFusion Linux stub will allow customers to connect an Apache Web server running on Linux to a ColdFusion Server running on a separate machine (Windows or Solaris). In this configuration, ColdFusion pages requested via the Linux Web server are served by the separate ColdFusion server through the stub. ColdFusion Linux Stub FAQ What is the Linux stub? The ColdFusion Linux stub is Allaire's first step in porting the entire ColdFusion Server to Linux. The stub installs onto an Apache Web server running on Linux and forwards CFML page requests that are made to the Linux Web server to an external ColdFusion Server running on a Windows NT or Solaris machine. After the ColdFusion Server processes the page, the resulting HTML output is returned to the Linux Web server and subsequently to the requesting browser. Why is Allaire just releasing a Linux stub and not a full Linux Server? The full, native Linux port of ColdFusion Server is part of the next major ColdFusion release, and is actively under development. The Linux stub is a first step in this process. It allows those customers that currently have Linux servers to take advantage of ColdFusion Servers running on other platforms. Can I use multiple Linux machines with a single ColdFusion Server? The stub connects an Apache server running on Linux to a ColdFusion Server using standard TCP/IP sockets. This makes it possible to connect multiple Linux Web servers to a single NT or Solaris ColdFusion Server. This configuration would be subject to the performance and resource constraints of the shared ColdFusion Server. When will the full ColdFusion Server be ported to Linux? A full port of ColdFusion Server to Linux will be part of the next major ColdFusion release. The exact release date has yet to be determined. How will the Linux stub be licensed? The Linux stub is free, but requires access to a licensed ColdFusion Server running on Solaris or NT. How will it be made available? The stub will be available exclusively as a download from the Allaire Web Site. When will the Linux stub be available? The stub is going into beta testing now and will be released at the end of the beta cycle. The beta cycle will likely last two to three months. Who can participate in the beta test? The Linux stub beta is open to all interested parties and can be accessed via the Allaire Beta Site using the following login information: Username: linuxstub Password: cfweb [end excerpt] Chili!Soft ASP for Linux: (someone make a FreeBSD port of this once it comes out!) [begin press release] Chili!Soft to Enable Microsoft Active Server Pages to Run on Linux BusinessWire, Wednesday, May 12, 1999 at 09:09 BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 12, 1999-- -- Fastest Growing Web Application Platform Converges with Fastest Growing Operating System to Offer Unprecedented Compatibility -- Chili!Soft(TM), Inc. (http://www.chilisoft.com), the leader in platform-independent Active Server Pages (ASP), today announced that it will further expand its platform support by offering Chili!Soft ASP for the Linux operating system. Chili!Soft ASP for Linux will allow developers for the first time to build and deploy Microsoft ASP applications on the fastest growing UNIX platform, currently with an estimated 8 million users, according to Linux Online. Linux is offered free with open source, making it especially popular among Internet Service Providers (ISPs). Chili!Soft ASP for Linux will be available by the end of 1999 with very aggressive pricing designed to rapidly penetrate the Linux marketplace. Active Server Pages are heavily used for dynamic Web site development by an estimated one million developers and in over 30,000 public Web sites. The ease with which Web applications are built and deployed using ASP has fostered a large community of ASP developers, in contrast to alternative development platforms. Many popular Web application development tools generate ASP code, which has traditionally been deployable only on Microsoft's Internet Information Server running on Windows NT, but now runs on a variety of platforms through Chili!Soft ASP 3.0. With the large amount of open source Active Server Pages code, ASP and Linux will complement each other well. Chili!Soft ASP for Linux will be available in the fourth quarter of 1999, enabling the deployment of enterprise-class ASP applications with unparalleled performance at the lowest possible cost. "Linux support is, by far, the number one request for Chili!Soft ASP," said Charles Crystle, Chili!Soft CEO and founder. "The tremendous demand for a viable, native solution from our customers makes the choice of supporting Linux easy. Strategically, the Linux version will strengthen our market share in both the ISP market and the corporate application server market. Overall Chili!Soft's message remains the same -- the Active Server Pages platform is the leading Web application framework because it is easy to use, powerful, scalable, and interoperable across platforms." Chili!Soft ASP for Linux Availability Shipment of Chili!Soft ASP for Linux is expected by the end of 1999. For more information about Linux, go to (URL) http://www.linux.org/. [end press release] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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