Milt, no you didn't misunderstand. I did.
Quite insignificant to argue over. Thanks for the detailed disection and
logical analysis of my faulty argument though. I enjoyed it. :)
dave.
Milt Epstein wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, David Mossakowski wrote:
>
> > You misanderstood the word freeware.
>
> I don't believe I did.
>
> > He wasn't talking about the
> > difference between the free version of JRun for testing and the
> > paid-for version.
>
> I believe he was. Note in the first sentence he contrasts "the
> freeware engine" with "the commercial one", stating that the former is
> "the exact same thing ... without a few bells and whistles". "The
> freeware engine" refers to JRun's free version -- that statement
> wouldn't make sense if it were referring to JServ. Further note that
> in the second sentence he mentions "open source freeware" (i.e. JServ)
> and "commercially produced freeware" (i.e. JRun's free version).
>
> > He's talking about difference between JServ
> > (which is developed in not-for-profit way and always free) and JRun
> > (which is commercially developed software, ie. for profit).
> [ ... ]
>
> There is a free version of JRun (which you seem to realize above). It
> is somewhat limited (by functionality and license) and thus may not
> meet everyone's needs, but it is there (and you can use it for more
> than testing/development, if the restrictions aren't an issue).
>
> > Milt Epstein wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Mike Hogarth,MD wrote:
> > >
> > > > JRun is backed by a commercial effort the freeware engine is the
> > > > exact same thing as the commercial one without a few bells and
> > > > whistles. Although using open source freeware is good, using
> > > > commercially produced freeware is a pretty good alternative.
> > > [ ... ]
> > >
> > > This is misleading. One major difference between the free and
> > > commercial versions of JRun is that the free one has a limit on the
> > > number of concurrent connections (5, I believe). Also, the free one
> > > has some licensing conditions on it, so some may not be able to use
> > > it. And I believe that there are also differences in the
> > > configuration/administration interfaces.
> [ ... ]
>
> Milt Epstein
> Research Programmer
> Software/Systems Development Group
> Computing and Communications Services Office (CCSO)
> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
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