Just a short dump from my side:
There are two kind of reasons
Some answers apply to the more general question:
Why use an external WebServer at all ?
The current implementation of tomcat 3* implement HTTP 1.0
if you want or have to use HTTP 1.1 you need a webserver
that does this for tomcat or wait until tomcat 4.* gets final
or be optimistic and use the latest tomcat 4 milestone.
Some people won't rely on the stability of tomcats HTTP stack,
just because tomcat is younger than those webservers.
Some people think that a non java web server is faster as tomcat
in serving static content and speaking HTTP.
Some people have still cgi scripts flying around, which they
want to use. (ugliest one: FP Server extensions)
The more specific question:
Why use IIS in front of tomcat:
- There might be a company police to use IIS.
- There might be old content created with ASP that
has to be integrated
- You wan't to have a high integration with other
MS products (Yes there are people and companies
who need this)
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> Von: Tiseo, Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 14. Februar 2001 16:40
> An: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Betreff: IIS& Tomcat. Why?
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