[BULK] Re: [WebDNA] [BULK] Mac OS X LION has no FastCGI

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2011

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texte = Hi Kenneth,Thank you for the sarcasm/irony. Besides being entertained by your reply =I do not find it useful whatsoever.I have chosen to use Mac as a platform for web development as has many =others. WSC has chosen to support the Mac platform as well as other =platforms, which I appreciate.So now I just wanted to inform the community that there is no FCGI in =Lion and at the same time ask for the WSC's official opinion on the =challenge at hand.I rest my case and wish you a good day Kenneth, no matter what platform =you choose. I am here to be a part of the community - not trying to have =a war on platforms.PalleOn 24/07/2011, at 21.16, Kenneth Grome wrote:>> It seems like Apple has chosen not to include FastCGI as>> an option in Mac OS X Lion or Mac OS X Lion Server.=20>=20> Big deal. Hardly anyone uses Mac servers any more these=20> days anyways, do they? =20>=20> Even if they do, why bother upgrading just because a new=20> version is released? If the version you're currently using=20> works fine, just keep using it!>=20> Or better yet, why not switch to Linux?>=20> The vast majority of the world's web servers run Linux these=20> days anyways. Maybe you should try it. Then you won't have=20> to worry about Apple's strange decisions any more.>=20> I'm actually surprised that Apple is still producing and=20> marketing servers. I heard that they pulled the plug on=20> that division and were no longer producing or selling server=20> hardware or software ... but maybe they just cut the server=20> division's funding so much that the dev team didn't have the=20> resources to include FastCGI.>=20> Apple has strangely abandoned other technologies while they=20> were still in heavy use too, so I'm not surprised about=20> this. But I fail to see why you're so determined to stick=20> with Mac servers ...>=20> Is there something you cannot do on a Linux server that you=20> can do on a Mac server? Or is it just that Linux is a new=20> and different platform that you do not really want to learn? =20> Because believe me, it's not that hard ...>=20> When Apple refused to stand behind the last desktop computer=20> I bought from them several years ago, I abandoned Apple in=20> favor of Linux -- not only as a desktop computer but also as=20> a server. It was the best decision I ever made in my life=20> as a web developer and server admin. =20>=20> Since then I have never felt that I had a good reason to go=20> back to MacOS. And I was one of the biggest die-hard Mac=20> fans you could possibly have known back then, so it was NOT=20> a simple decision for me to switch! =20>=20> Yet after I made the switch I realized how much I was=20> missing in the Mac-only environment -- and how much more it=20> was costing me financially. =46rom that point on I have always=20> felt very, very good about my decision to switch.>=20>=20>> Knowing that the Lion has just been set free, I would>> like to ask WSC on their position; what can we expect>> from your side...>=20> I'm not WSC but my guess is that your choices are simple:>=20> 1- Write your own FastCGI module for your Lion server so you=20> can use WebDNA 7.>=20> 2- Keep using WebDNA 6.2 on your Lion server so you do not=20> need FastCGI.>=20> 3- Get a Linux server and run WebDNA 7 and future versions=20> of WebDNA on it.>=20> 4- Abandon WebDNA in favor of some other server side=20> scripting language that will run on your Lion server.>=20> 5- Retire so you don't have to reply on companies like Apple=20> or WSC to do what you want them to do any more.>=20> 6- Another option I have not considered ... ???>=20> Good luck whatever you do.>=20> :)>=20> Sincerely,> Kenneth Grome> ---------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us> Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Hi Kenneth,Thank you for the sarcasm/irony. Besides being entertained by your reply =I do not find it useful whatsoever.I have chosen to use Mac as a platform for web development as has many =others. WSC has chosen to support the Mac platform as well as other =platforms, which I appreciate.So now I just wanted to inform the community that there is no FCGI in =Lion and at the same time ask for the WSC's official opinion on the =challenge at hand.I rest my case and wish you a good day Kenneth, no matter what platform =you choose. I am here to be a part of the community - not trying to have =a war on platforms.PalleOn 24/07/2011, at 21.16, Kenneth Grome wrote:>> It seems like Apple has chosen not to include FastCGI as>> an option in Mac OS X Lion or Mac OS X Lion Server.=20>=20> Big deal. Hardly anyone uses Mac servers any more these=20> days anyways, do they? =20>=20> Even if they do, why bother upgrading just because a new=20> version is released? If the version you're currently using=20> works fine, just keep using it!>=20> Or better yet, why not switch to Linux?>=20> The vast majority of the world's web servers run Linux these=20> days anyways. Maybe you should try it. Then you won't have=20> to worry about Apple's strange decisions any more.>=20> I'm actually surprised that Apple is still producing and=20> marketing servers. I heard that they pulled the plug on=20> that division and were no longer producing or selling server=20> hardware or software ... but maybe they just cut the server=20> division's funding so much that the dev team didn't have the=20> resources to include FastCGI.>=20> Apple has strangely abandoned other technologies while they=20> were still in heavy use too, so I'm not surprised about=20> this. But I fail to see why you're so determined to stick=20> with Mac servers ...>=20> Is there something you cannot do on a Linux server that you=20> can do on a Mac server? Or is it just that Linux is a new=20> and different platform that you do not really want to learn? =20> Because believe me, it's not that hard ...>=20> When Apple refused to stand behind the last desktop computer=20> I bought from them several years ago, I abandoned Apple in=20> favor of Linux -- not only as a desktop computer but also as=20> a server. It was the best decision I ever made in my life=20> as a web developer and server admin. =20>=20> Since then I have never felt that I had a good reason to go=20> back to MacOS. And I was one of the biggest die-hard Mac=20> fans you could possibly have known back then, so it was NOT=20> a simple decision for me to switch! =20>=20> Yet after I made the switch I realized how much I was=20> missing in the Mac-only environment -- and how much more it=20> was costing me financially. =46rom that point on I have always=20> felt very, very good about my decision to switch.>=20>=20>> Knowing that the Lion has just been set free, I would>> like to ask WSC on their position; what can we expect>> from your side...>=20> I'm not WSC but my guess is that your choices are simple:>=20> 1- Write your own FastCGI module for your Lion server so you=20> can use WebDNA 7.>=20> 2- Keep using WebDNA 6.2 on your Lion server so you do not=20> need FastCGI.>=20> 3- Get a Linux server and run WebDNA 7 and future versions=20> of WebDNA on it.>=20> 4- Abandon WebDNA in favor of some other server side=20> scripting language that will run on your Lion server.>=20> 5- Retire so you don't have to reply on companies like Apple=20> or WSC to do what you want them to do any more.>=20> 6- Another option I have not considered ... ???>=20> Good luck whatever you do.>=20> :)>=20> Sincerely,> Kenneth Grome> ---------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us> Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us Palle Bo Nielsen

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[BULK] Re: [WebDNA] [BULK] Mac OS X LION has no FastCGI

2011

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