--- Michael Rosset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 
> Tomcat as a whole is not bloat, but adding it to an
> existing web server
> model such as Apache or IIS then yes I would argue
> its bloat.  The ASP.net
> pages are simple an alternative to the jsp pages not
> a replacement. 

Nutch itself doesn't require tomcat. Tomcat is just a
free implementation of the Java Servlet and JSP specs.
I personally use Resin :)  As far as riding your JVM
on top of a webserver that is entirely up to you, but
the purpose of application servers is usually
independant of the purpose of a web server so i would
argue it isn't bloat but functionality.  The ability
to load balance your jvm's, share statefull connection
pools and use the features of the application server
you choose are what makes Java a great language to
use.


> Depends on whose defining the infrastructure, If my
> site is primary ASP.NET
> or lets say PHP. Why would I run Tomcat? 

I think I have less of a concern of what the site is
running, but more of a concern of a focus for the
project.  (assuming you mean the site running the
nutch search engine to begin with).  I'm hoping for
simplicity in design and scope that we're platform
independent in the sense of running within a jvm and
not platform independent in the scope of maintaining
or including ports to the different virtual machines
themselves.

To me a complete nutch implementaiton in .net sounds
like a fantastic idea, however not a contribution but
more of a fork.

just my 2 cents :)  

Nothing against .net or even having a contribution
tarball- i just don't see the shelf life of the
current port of the jsp pages lasting very long with
the enhancements that are currently being adopted and
the risk of having to support feature bases across
independent virtual machine platforms. (or commiting
to such)


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