Re: Onweb

Posted in 1999

Paul Watson — Sun, 31 Oct 1999 11:16 +0000 (GMT Standard Time) — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

> > Our system at work does not have Perl or Apache on it so it would be > a good idea. But it should be optional. Customer sites may already > have it. One customer I know has perl but not Apache so each one > needs to be optional. > > Also why does it need to be Apache? Wouldn't any Web Server be ok? > I never noticed any Apache specifics in the quick look I had so I would say any Web Server would do. Also Apache is the most portable of all the servers and it doesn't cost much :-)) which is not something you can say about most of the other Web servers Paul Watson # I don't suffer from WF Software Ltd. # stress, I'm just Tel. (+44) 1436 674729 # a carrier Fax. (+44) 1436 678693 # www.wfsoftware.com

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Jonathan Leffler — Sun, 31 Oct 1999 11:23:07 -0800 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Any web server will do (witihin very broad limits). Apache is just the easiest to distribute. Paul Watson wrote: > > > > Our system at work does not have Perl or Apache on it so it would be > > a good idea. But it should be optional. Customer sites may already > > have it. One customer I know has perl but not Apache so each one > > needs to be optional. > > > > Also why does it need to be Apache? Wouldn't any Web Server be ok? > > > > I never noticed any Apache specifics in the quick look I had so I would > say any Web Server would do. Also Apache is the most portable of all the > servers and it doesn't cost much :-)) which is not something you can say > about most of the other Web servers > > Paul Watson # I don't suffer from > WF Software Ltd. # stress, I'm just > Tel. (+44) 1436 674729 # a carrier > Fax. (+44) 1436 678693 # > www.wfsoftware.com -- Jonathan Leffler (jleffler@informix.com, jleffler@earthlink.net) Guardian of DBD::Informix v0.62 -- see http://www.perl.com/CPAN #include <disclaimer.h>