Well, we've been testing BlueDragon on an in-house application to see how well it works under OSX. Our plan was to test, then if it seemed viable, deploy our intranet on it to watch it perform under a real-world scenario, then if that goes smoothly, we're going replace our 3rd party Windows app server with an in-house Xserve. So far it's been great, BlueDragon is really a pretty mature product. Our biggest issue so far has been adjusting to working in the J2EE context.
If CFMXJ2EE were a product that were available to use in production and if the cost wasn't so great that it was prohibitive to our budget you can bet you're a$$ I'd be pushing to switch over first thing in the AM :) I'll be using CFMXJ2EE as my personal production environment but will continue with our evaluation path for BlueDragon. One thing I will offer as a suggestion is to dumb-down the installation proceedure for CFMXJ2EE on OSX. A lot of OSX users are still getting comfortable with the Terminal and it's still scary for a lot of developers who don't have a lot of experience with server installation and maintenance. Rather than running terminal sessions and editing config files, have an option for "basic install" that does all these things for you. I got it running, right away and I'm not complaining, this is more than I'd hoped for, but for the sake of using this as a transition period to a full-product that's my first piece of input. Make a standard OSX installer routine that can run a basic from-scratch install of JRun4 and CFMX together and configure everything correctly. Joshua Miller Head Programmer / IT Manager Garrison Enterprises Inc. www.garrisonenterprises.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] (704) 569-9044 ext. 254 ************************************************************************ ************* Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender states them to be the views of Garrison Enterprises Inc. This e-mail is intended only for the individual or entity to which it is addressed and contains information that is private and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please delete it immediately and advise us by return e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ ************* -----Original Message----- From: Mike Chambers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 10:17 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: BlueDragon J2EE on OSX - Working !!! are you deploying on OS X? or do you plan to? i would be interested in your input. thanks... mike chambers [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Joshua Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 10:00 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: BlueDragon J2EE on OSX - Working !!! > > > I do have to say, BlueDragon does work very well on OSX and > was a breeze > to get running ... It will be interesting to try them both > out. The one > bonus for BlueDragon is that it is supported as a production > environment, but again, CFMX is straight from the source. > > It's starting to get interesting in the Mac camp :) > > Joshua Miller > Head Programmer / IT Manager > Garrison Enterprises Inc. > www.garrisonenterprises.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (704) 569-9044 ext. 254 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
