Sun Open Sources the Netscape Enterprise Server 114
An anonymous reader writes "Brian Aker has announced that Sun has open sourced the Netscape Enterprise Server under the BSD license. This is the evolution of the original server Netscape sold in the '90s during the rise of the first bubble. Almost twenty years later, Apache's original competitor is now made available for anyone to use under an open source license."
Relevant? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Relevant? (Score:4, Insightful)
Searching for sites still using this (Score:1, Insightful)
Can something like this: http://www.yellowpipe.com/yis/tools/craftnet/
be used to find sites still running on this ancient software? Perhaps people will find an exploitable part of the code and take down an ancient web site!
Re:Relevant? (Score:5, Insightful)
So we always talk about how companies should open source software that is no longer being maintained or sold... then when a company actually does it, we say "who cares".
Re:Relevant? (Score:5, Insightful)
It can't hurt. As much of pain as it is to operate in mixed environments, we deploy a mix of lighttpd and apache web server for the very reason that even if a major bug or exploit is found in one, about half our front end systems would still be available while the others are being patched.
The more options the better in my book.
What next? OS/2? (Score:4, Insightful)
Shouldn't this announcement be placed under "too little, too late"?
Re:Relevant? (Score:5, Insightful)
Na, only a few people said who care. I say "Cool, another open source product."
I'll never use as a developer, but another free option is always good. Like someone else said, maybe there is some good code in there. Perhaps projects I do use will benefit from this.
Kudos to Sun.
Open source (Score:3, Insightful)
Where all the failed projects go to die.
Perhaps open source projects should be split into two categories (inspired by MIB II):
Old and busted:
Netscape Enterprise Server
New Hotness:
Apache
Re:Relevant? (Score:4, Insightful)
There are those who say "Who cares?", but there will always be short-sighted ones.
I have no *personal* interest in the Netscape server, but I'm glad that it's open and available. It may someday be crucial, and if not, it's good insurance.
Re:Relevant? (Score:5, Insightful)
Java software is portable and generally a hell of a lot less painful to setup and configure. (Which I guarantee from experience, Apache DS is much smoother than SJDS.) Believe it or not, there's a hell of a lot of advantages to having your server software written in Java.
If you have a bias against Java, you might want to check it at the door pronto. You're cutting yourself off from some of the best server-side software in the industry.