[ Thanks to Kevin
Reichard for this link. ]
“One of the biggest criticisms of Linux in the IT world is
the lack of available robust server-side applications. Sure, you
have Apache and sendmail, but you don’t have the wide range of
server products, like application servers and database-management
products, that you do in the Solaris and Windows NT
world.“
“By and large that’s true, but more and more server-software
vendors are realizing that Linux support is a smart business
proposition, provided there are accompanying software tools to fit
specific needs. The latest entry in the Linux enterprise-software
field is Cold Fusion 4.5 for Linux. Allaire pioneered the
application-server field, and with this upcoming release, Linux
should be considered as a serious player in the enterprise-server
market. Cold Fusion 4.5 for Linux joins IBM’s WebSphere and BEA’s
WebLogic as a serious enterprise-level application server that runs
on Linux.”
“We downloaded Cold Fusion 4.5 from the beta site a few weeks
ago and put it through its paces. Despite its status as beta
software, Cold Fusion 4.5 was stable and surprisingly useful
software. Anyone who’s used Cold Fusion in the past should have no
problems finding their way around this new release. By and large,
most older Cold Fusion applications should work with minimal
modifications in 4.5.”