On 2006.09.01, Janine Sisk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well... yes, all our customers who are technically savvy enough to > understand know that we use AOLserver. Unfortunately, the fact that > OpenACS requires AOLserver is a hindrance in the sales cycle, and > there have been repeated requests from many people over the years for > OpenACS to run under Apache (which is never going to happen). Part > of the problem is the association with AOL - rightly or wrongly, that > inspires a "fight or flight" response in many of the IT people we > talk to. But the biggest issue is that it's different, and > Enterprise customers generally don't want to take on a new web server > for their admins to have to learn and support.
I find this kind of funny since organizations are willing to support Tomcat, or WebSphere, etc. It's conceivable that you could run Apache as the web server (handling HTTP requests) sitting in front of AOLserver as the "application server." We all understand why this is largely unnecessary, but presumably it would get you past the auto-immune reaction of your customers. -- Dossy -- Dossy Shiobara | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://dossy.org/ Panoptic Computer Network | http://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.
