----- Original Message ----- From: "Tobias Rapp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ICS support mailing" <twsocket@elists.org> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 3:33 PM Subject: Re: [twsocket] Project proposal
>I would be very interested if you start this project as my company also > thinks that in the future it might be interesting to port some of our > Windows service applications to GNU/Linux. > > When evaluating what way to go I thought that either Kylix could be used > (but is that product still active?) or we port the code (including ICS) > to C/C++. Maybe the glib library could be used to provide the Unix > alternative to messages and threads: > http://www.gtk.org/api/2.6/glib/index.html I don't think Kylix is active. Yet since our source code is already C++, and use some little VCL, I think the way to go is to translate the ICS base classes to GTK as you said. > > > @Francois: I think you are right with your statement that GNU/Linux > users want free software when it comes to desktop users. But IMHO there > is a market for commercial server software. Many of our customers are > already running their Oracle database on a Unix machine. Agreed. None of the boxed servers' software is Windows on the market. Best Regards, SZ > > > /Tobias > > Fastream Technologies wrote: >> Dear Francois, >> >> Before detailing the project, I want to learn if principally you can do >> the >> following and when can you start: >> >> - We plan to port our reverse proxy/HTTP/FTP servers to Linux 2.6 Kernel. >> It >> is specifically 2.6 because according to my research it includes advanced >> async I/O similar to Windows. IOW, we need both messages and threads so >> that >> we will be handling 10k connections with 330 threads (32 >> connections/thread) >> as we now can do with Windows. We want to be able to use the gcc compiler >> and Eclipse and donate the base component code to you so that it can be >> open >> source. Unfortunately Fastream has little UNIX coding experience but >> change >> is inevitable as we see reluctance in the server market to buy Windows >> based >> software. >> >> Best Regards, >> >> SZ >> www.fastream.com >> > > -- > NOA Audio Solutions Vertriebsges.m.b.H. Tel: +43-1-5452700 > Johannagasse 42/4 Fax: +43-1-545270014 > A - 1050 Wien Www: http://www.noa-audio.com > > > -- > To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list > please goto http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/twsocket > Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please goto http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/twsocket Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be
