I'm using Orion for only JSP, Beans and Servlets. It's solid, fast, and
when you're ready to move on, you don't have to move out....
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> From: "johnd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: Orion-Interest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 20:59:00 -0800
> To: Orion-Interest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: need help getting started
>
> my main reason for switching was that orion is much faster than tomcat.
> Isn't that so?
>
> But, you are right, I had the feeling that it was way over kill...I am also
> looking into resin, I guess that is over kill, too for functionality, but
> like I said I was looking for speed gains.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Randahl Fink Isaksen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Orion-Interest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 2:10 PM
> Subject: RE: need help getting started
>
>
>> I would definately *NOT* recommend moving away from Tomcat if you only use
>> JSP and servlets. Tomcat is the reference implementation, it is free, and
>> unless you need a product with a lot of additional features (GUI helper
>> tools, EJBs, remote debugging, etc.) there is no reason to open up a can
> of
>> worms.
>> I really like the Orion server but that is for its EJB capabilities. I
> think
>> the Orion team strives for making it a great EJB server. - The aim is not
>> specifically to make it the best JSP/Servlet platform available, so I
> would
>> not expect it to be ahead of Tomcat in that sence.
>> Orion is a great product, but also a more complicated product, so if you
> can
>> use a less complex system and still fulfill your needs, then I sure
>> recommend you do so.
>>
>> However, should you get to the point where you simply don't think using
> just
>> a relational database and several truck loads of SQL really makes your
> day,
>> THEN JOIN THE CLUB - that is why many of use Orion Server and Enterprise
>> Java Beans.
>>
>> Yours Sincerely
>>
>> Randahl
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John de la
>> Garza
>> Sent: 1. marts 2001 19:01
>> To: Orion-Interest
>> Subject: need help getting started
>>
>>
>> I have been using tomcat for some time now and am having issues with it...
>>
>>
>> I am thinking about using Orion. I don't do any ejb stuff and only need a
>> servlet container and web server.
>>
>> I am having trouble using formbased security. I couldn't get it to work
>> with the users set up in the principals file. When I would go to a
>> protected area I would just get a message saying 'not allowed here' or
>> something like that but I would not get prompted for a pw username.
>>
>>
>> I actually don't want to use the principals file but have the usernames
> and
>> passwds in a data base.
>>
>> Can anyone here refer me to some documentation on this?
>>
>>
>>
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>
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