Remember, a few years ago Allaire was Allaire not Macromedia and the economy was (at least according to news) flying high.
On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Buddy wrote: > It sounds funny, when you put it that way, but I was involved in a project > a few years ago where we wanted to use CF on HP-UX and Allaire was dragging > their heals about getting an HP-UX version of CF out, at one point they said > they didn't > even have any HP-UX boxes to work on. So we called HP (they were very hungry > to be taken seriously by .coms as a server platform) and they had a server > to > Allaire the next morning, and before long we had our CF for HP-UX. That is > a sort of simplified version of the story, but true non the less. > Maybe the issue should be taken up with Apple. If they want to be taken > seriously > as a server platform, and I think that they are showing signs that they do, > they > could apply much better pressure to Macromedia to get this done then we > could, or > at least help make our case. > > > -Buddy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dick Applebaum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 7:39 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: X-server? > > > On Monday, July 29, 2002, at 07:29 PM, Dave Watts wrote: > > >> wsconfig.jar does not support Apache on OSX - because OSX is > >> not on its list of known operating systems. I haven't had > >> time to figure out how to fake it yet. > > > > I don't think you can fake it - all it is, really, is a container for > > various binaries. The Apache module in there is written in C for Linux > > x86, > > if I understand correctly. I think that not being able to integrate with > > Apache is probably the biggest thing keeping CF MX from being ready for > > OS X > > production use. > > > > Well, MM's Unix/Linux "special guy" says he will do an Apache thingie* > for for OS X if offered a simple bribe -- an OS Serve box and a 17" flat > panel display (I think he should hold out for the 22" studio display) > > Anyone want to contribute -- I'll pledge $500 towards a bribe! > > * Note "thingie" is a highly technical C++ programming construct. > > Dick > > > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > voice: (202) 797-5496 > > fax: (202) 797-5444 > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
