It's a great idea to make orion open source code.
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From: Mike Cannon-Brookes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Neville Burnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
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Sent: Friday, November 05, 1999 12:26 AM
Subject: RE: Architecture
> I'll reiterate this, is there any chance of Orion going OpenSource? It
would
> certainly make it much more attractive from out point of view. Currently
> we're considering WebSphere, WebLogic and JRun for our next project (so
> there's big $ flying around) but it's impossible to convince any manager
to
> spend money, or trust a large web project on a piece of software with the
> backing of two guys (no matter how good it is ;))
>
> OpenSource is the way to go - and for the author's / maintainer's there
are
> still plenty of avenues for money making. (eg GCC, SendMail, Netscape -
> maybe ;)) I for one would be happy to contribute source to the project,
and
> I'm sure there are plenty of others who would too.
>
> Release early, release often!
>
> My $0.02
>
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Neville
> Burnell
> Sent: Friday, 5 November 1999 8:01
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> Subject: RE: Architecture
>
>
> hmmmm
>
> I hope they go Open-Source & duplicate the success of Linux.
> Such a small team will surely get bought out and the product either
> shelved [ala JWS2.0] or the licencing fees will cost a fortune.
>
> Go Open Source Guys!
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Friday, 5 November 1999 4:57 AM
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> Subject: Re: Architecture
>
>
> I can tell you from talking to one of the two Orion guys....this is a
> feature they are going to add, possibly by 1.0, maybe sooner. However,
> right now, ALL JSP pages are compiled in memory. Another feature I and
> others have requested is to be able to select the java compiler. Right
> now
> it uses the JDK compiler (I think), which is pretty slow. The JIKES
> compiler is VERY fast at compiling and I think would be great if we
> could
> plug it in.
>
> Keep in mind one thing. There are only TWO guys, mostly one, working on
> Orion. I am damn impressed at the amount of stuff they have done
> compared
> to other app servers built by teams of developers with large money
> backing.
> These guys have made Orion WELL worth the $1500 they charge. I think
> they
> should be bought up for millions myself, and get this product out to
> everyone! Its super easy to set up, has proven to work stable, reliable,
> and very fast, and it offers alot of features other app servers dont.
> Not
> to mention they are keeping on top of the latest specs as they come out!
>
>
> All I can say is...FAST TYPER! Anyone who can do all that has got to be
> typing a LOT faster than I! :)
>
> Keep up the good work Orion team.
>
> Kevin Duffey
> Software Engineer
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
