An Overview of the Boa Web Server

Gentu writes "There is a pretty new and little known, lite web server in town, named Boa. The server can run very fast on older machines, even on embedded devices, but it is only CGI-based. OSNews introduces Boa (running under Linux) and it includes some preliminary benchmarks against Apache and thttpd."

Comments

Disappointing

[ekrout]

People, I'm sure you all realize as much as the next Open Source supporter/coder/documenter/pioneer that efforts from our end are grossly mismanaged when compared to those of our proprietary counterparts. I can admit this, and do so without embarassment, simply because I'm proud of how far we've all come and am excited about what the next few years have in store for us all.

That being said, we really need to question these actions of our colleagues who develop the Boa web server. We already have Apache, which is truly a world-class HTTPD server in and of itself. Why do we need to waste the time and effort of so many skilled coders and frontiersmen of the Open Source revolution on a Web server project that should clearly be marked -1, Redundant?

I agree that Apache can seem a bit bloated sometimes, but I assure you that anyone who reads a few man pages could figure out how to install and configure a minimalistic instance of the server. So in the time it took to write Boa, I'd wager that millions upon millions could have read the Apache documentation and put a minimalized install of it into action.

I mean, think about it folks. Then, with their newly saved time, these Boa developers could have embarked on another project that's of high merit, something that we as Open Sourcers truly need, and, to quote typical manager talk, "needed yesterday".

I am doing my part for our revolution, people. I regularly donate to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Free Software Foundation (FSF), and Kuro5hin (K5). Moreover, I also spend at least 7 hours every weekend contributing code to some of the more popular projects that you have seen on SourceForge, such as the mail filtering utility and the Gayme instant messaging program.

I don't know, I guess I just hate to see duplicate work. It's like back in grade school when the teacher would assign "seat" or "busy" work just so she could sneak off to the bathroom and snort some cocaine.

YHBT. YHL. HAND.

[MORTAR_COMBAT!]

(n.t.)