Standards ... ? (cont.)
Linux and MacOS fastest growing server platforms.
via lowendmac
>Based on their April results, Linux owns the top spot. With almost
400,000 servers (www, ftp, and news), 31.3% of surveyed
machines are running Linux. This is an increase from 28.5% in
January. This represents 39.2% more Linux servers than the
January report.
Microsoft Windows (all versions) has been dethroned. Server share
dropped slightly from 24.4% to 24.3%, but unit growth lags far
behind Linux. With 310,000 Windows servers, there are only 26.5%
more Windows servers than there were three months ago.<
lowendmac.com
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With regards to QT for Linux:
>Apple Updates Public Source License
QuickTime Streaming Software Goes Open Source as Darwin
Downloads Top 160,000 in First Month
By releasing Darwin under the APSL, Apple is the first mainstream
operating system provider to release its source code to the public
and base its system software strategy on Open Source
technologies. Now with the launch of Darwin Streaming Server,
content providers, developers and server companies can create a
RTP and RTSP streaming server for any platform, without the need
to license costly proprietary software.<
apple.com
>QuickTime Streaming Server on Mac OS X Server lets you start up a
streaming digital video channel—with news, entertainment and
education programming—on the Internet. QuickTime Streaming
Server on Mac OS X Server serves up to 250 stored files and up to
1,000 concurrent users, and can be used as a reflector for live
broadcasts serving up to 1,000 QuickTime 4 users. And since Apple
is pledged to making the QuickTime Streaming Server source code
available to whomever wants to improve it, the technology will
continue to evolve thanks to the applied collective brainpower of the
open source community.<
apple.com
>Q. What platforms does the source compile and run on?
The source currently compiles and runs only on the Mac OS X Server
platform, but it can be ported to other platforms by modifying a handful
of platform specific source files.<
publicsource.apple.com
With regards to evolution vs. maintenance of standards, if Linux
developers don't want to pay for NT, how many think they will
pay for RNWK code now that they can get Streaming QT (or
MSFT Media Player) for free?
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PS> With regards to QT for Java [SUNW] servers, see AAPL
technotes:
apple.com |
