I would be very interested if you start this project as my company also thinks that in the future it might be interesting to port some of our Windows service applications to GNU/Linux.
When evaluating what way to go I thought that either Kylix could be used (but is that product still active?) or we port the code (including ICS) to C/C++. Maybe the glib library could be used to provide the Unix alternative to messages and threads: http://www.gtk.org/api/2.6/glib/index.html @Francois: I think you are right with your statement that GNU/Linux users want free software when it comes to desktop users. But IMHO there is a market for commercial server software. Many of our customers are already running their Oracle database on a Unix machine. /Tobias Fastream Technologies wrote: > Dear Francois, > > Before detailing the project, I want to learn if principally you can do the > following and when can you start: > > - We plan to port our reverse proxy/HTTP/FTP servers to Linux 2.6 Kernel. It > is specifically 2.6 because according to my research it includes advanced > async I/O similar to Windows. IOW, we need both messages and threads so that > we will be handling 10k connections with 330 threads (32 connections/thread) > as we now can do with Windows. We want to be able to use the gcc compiler > and Eclipse and donate the base component code to you so that it can be open > source. Unfortunately Fastream has little UNIX coding experience but change > is inevitable as we see reluctance in the server market to buy Windows based > software. > > Best Regards, > > SZ > www.fastream.com > -- NOA Audio Solutions Vertriebsges.m.b.H. Tel: +43-1-5452700 Johannagasse 42/4 Fax: +43-1-545270014 A - 1050 Wien Www: http://www.noa-audio.com -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please goto http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/twsocket Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be
