Smalltalk4ever! smalltalk4ever@my-deja.com wrote (with possible editing):
... WAHOO! This is the perfect time for a "Smalltalk Web Server" to come on the scene. I know some work has already been done along these lines, but I don't remember it being free, nor do I see it (currently) being packaged in a way that a non-smalltalker "web administrator" could simply install and use. Most importantly, it should be cross-platform, i.e. it should work on VW and VA and Dolphin and whatever else people are hacking on nowadays...
Actually, the important thing is that it must be cross-platform in the sense of running on different OS platforms. I don't think it's necessary for it to work across multiple Smalltalk implementations (VW, VA, Dolphin, Squeak, etc.).
Squeak would be ideal, since it's ported to more OS platforms than any other Smalltalk implementation, and it's free and open source. Close runner-up would probably be VisualWorks, but then it wouldn't be free if you were running a web server for a business, and freeness is what you need for it to really catch on. (are there any issues with Squeak threads being less robust than VW threads?)
Of course, such a project would need a real leader/instigator. I'm not sure if the current PWS stuff is going to evolve enough at its current rate to be successful as a web server than any ol' admin would want to use. This is where someone needs to step up and go for it... stardom in the open source community would surely follow. :-)
(Did I really use the word "freeness" in the second paragraph? Ack.)
- Doug Way EAI/Transom Technogies, Ann Arbor, MI dway@eai.com, dway@mat.net http://www.transom.com