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That's the argument Jack Herrington puts >forth in comparing how each can be used to create web applications with >modern architectures. >http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/10/15/php_scalability.html > > >***Creating an Online Help System with JavaHelp and DocBook >JavaHelp offers a full-featured help system for Java applications, but >creating and maintaining help content can be tricky. Austin King offers an >alternative workflow, based on DocBook and XSL. >http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/10/15/javahelp_docbook.html >--------------------- >.NET >--------------------- >***Filtering HTTP Requests with .NET >ASP.NET has a number of extensibility points that developers can use. One >such point is response filtering, accessible via the Filter property of >the HttpResponse class. Ben Lowery shows you how to use HTTP filters in >your own code. >http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2003/10/20/httpfilter.html >--------------------- >Windows >--------------------- >***Sizing Up Windows Server 2003 >It's been almost six months since Windows Server 2003 was released. >Microsoft touts it as being able to do things "faster, more securely, and >at lower cost." Has it lived up to its promises? Mitch Tulloch, author of >"Windows Server 2003 in a Nutshell," looks at whether and how Microsoft >has delivered on these promises. >http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2003/10/21/sizingserver2003.html > >Windows Server 2003 in a Nutshell >Order Number: 4044 >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/winsvrian/index.html >--------------------- >Mac >--------------------- >***Start Me Up: Writing and Understanding OS X StartupItems >StartupItems are easy to set up and extremely flexible in managing the >startup process. Andrew Anders shows how StartupItems fit into the OS X >startup process, what you need to do to create a StartupItem, and an >example of a StartupItem that will run the Tomcat Java servlet engine. >http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/10/21/startup.html > > >***I Dig Mac OS X >With O'Reilly's Mac OS X Conference just around the corner, we're >introducing a brand-new T-shirt depicting our trademark Mac OS X German >Shepherd--just the thing to wear at the show. Not attending but you still >dig Mac OS X? This is the tee for you. Check out all of O'Reilly's cool >swag at Think Geek. >http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/oreilly/tshirts/63fc/ > >Until next time-- > >Marsee
