IMHO,
Orion is a better choice than Tomcat at this moment, even if just using JSP/Servlets.
Im still waiting for some benchmarks to show me that Tomcat has matured and can be compared to the other application servers.
As far as being the Reference Implementation, it has a history of not following the specification. Although this is hopefully not the case today.
Again, this is my opinion, it doesnt have to be anyone elses :)
WR
> -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
> Från: Randahl Fink Isaksen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Skickat: den 1 mars 2001 14:10
> Till: Orion-Interest
> Ämne: RE: need help getting started
>
>
> I would definately *NOT* recommend moving away from Tomcat if
> you only use
> JSP and servlets. Tomcat is the reference implementation, it
> is free, and
> unless you need a product with a lot of additional features
> (GUI helper
> tools, EJBs, remote debugging, etc.) there is no reason to
> open up a can of
> worms.
> I really like the Orion server but that is for its EJB
> capabilities. I think
> the Orion team strives for making it a great EJB server. -
> The aim is not
> specifically to make it the best JSP/Servlet platform
> available, so I would
> not expect it to be ahead of Tomcat in that sence.
> Orion is a great product, but also a more complicated
> product, so if you can
> use a less complex system and still fulfill your needs, then I sure
> recommend you do so.
>
> However, should you get to the point where you simply don't
> think using just
> a relational database and several truck loads of SQL really
> makes your day,
> THEN JOIN THE CLUB - that is why many of use Orion Server and
> Enterprise
> Java Beans.
>
> Yours Sincerely
>
> Randahl
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John de la
> Garza
> Sent: 1. marts 2001 19:01
> To: Orion-Interest
> Subject: need help getting started
>
>
> I have been using tomcat for some time now and am having
> issues with it...
>
>
> I am thinking about using Orion. I don't do any ejb stuff
> and only need a
> servlet container and web server.
>
> I am having trouble using formbased security. I couldn't get
> it to work
> with the users set up in the principals file. When I would go to a
> protected area I would just get a message saying 'not allowed here' or
> something like that but I would not get prompted for a pw username.
>
>
> I actually don't want to use the principals file but have the
> usernames and
> passwds in a data base.
>
> Can anyone here refer me to some documentation on this?
>
>
