On 5/10/2010 3:18 PM, André Warnier wrote:
macbd1 wrote:
...
I still know little if anything about the world of Apache Tomcat but
presently don't have time to thoroughly investigate.
Well then, a quick primer : Apache Tomcat is a special kind of webserver
(more precisely named a servlet engine), whose main function is to run
web applications written in the Java programming language, commonly
called "webapps" and/or "servlets", which generate what is called
"active content" (as opposed to purely static html pages).
Apache Tomcat also belongs to the categories of "free software" (in the
sense that it costs nothing) and "open source software" (in the sense
that anyone can look at the code and re-use it), and is made and
supported entirely by volunteers. Most of them are Java programmers, but
a surprising number of them are fairly normal people.
Really? I have yet to meet any of them who are; certainly there are
none in my office ;-D
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