On 2004.05.20, Talli Somekh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Congrats Dossy! This is certainly very exciting to see the community > continue to move forward.
Thanks, Talli! I think we were all eagerly waiting and anticipating a change like this ... > Would you mind explaining further the plans for Java integration. My > interest is both as an AOLserver advocate and as a technologist. > Certainly being able to present AOLserver as a viable platform for > integrating or building Java systems will be an exciting sales pitch > to make. > > But will it be as clean and efficient as the Tcl environment? What are > the goals? What are the motivations? The ultimate goal is to have Java as capable and efficient of a runtime environment for server-side functionality as Tcl is. The current effort is going into the nsjk2 module, integrating the Tomcat engine. I know that Elizabeth Thomas is actively working on this effort and I'm hoping that she can get some help and support from everyone here to move that along quickly. Elizabeth, could you give us a quick idea of the status of nsjk2 (completeness, stability, when we might see its first production use at AOL, etc.) and an idea of where some additional volunteer effort could help move things along? The goals and motivations for better integration of Java include: - being able to leverage existing, off-the-shelf Java code for use in app. development within AOLserver - draw from a larger pool of talented developers with Java skill and experience - reduce technology resistance of AOLserver through arguments such as "can't use it because it doesn't do XYZ" Flexibility and adaptability of web server and application development platforms is important as they continue to move into the commodity space. Folks are focusing more on the applications they can successfully run on a platform, and if the application is Java-based, AOLserver should be at least equally capable of running it compared with its peers. Only then can we properly focus people on the interesting distinctions between webservers during the technology decision-making process. -- Dossy -- Dossy Shiobara mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Panoptic Computer Network web: http://www.panoptic.com/ "He realized the fastest way to change is to laugh at your own folly -- then you can let go and quickly move on." (p. 70) -- AOLserver - http://www.aolserver.com/ To Remove yourself from this list, simply send an email to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the body of "SIGNOFF AOLSERVER" in the email message. You can leave the Subject: field of your email blank.
