> First question, can I port a Windows .Net iis server to zSeries > Linux? If so where can I get some info on doing so? Thanks
That's actually two (related) questions: 1) can you run IIS on Linux? Answer: No. You can provide WWW server function with Apache or other WWW servers, but IIS is closed-source and runs only on Windows. 2) Can you move an application hosted by IIS to Linux? Answer: Maybe, depending on what it's written in, what IIS-specific APIs were used, and if you have source to the application. If it's in VB, it uses IS-API or any Windows-specific DLL files, or you have only the Windows binaries, then no, you can't move it off Windows. So much for "open" systems, hmm? If you have source *and* the application actually uses the real .NET APIs (rather than just being relabled to .NET to keep up with the MS advertising hype), you can probably recompile or modify the application to link with the Mono Project libraries and move the applications (and will probably be surprised at how much better they work). This describes a really, REALLY microscopic number of applications -- most ".NET IIS applications" are just relabel-jobs to keep up with the hype -- same old Windows-specific binaries that do not use the .NET services at all. -- db ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
