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G-WAN, Another Free Web Server

Posted by kdawson on from the dioing-it-in-a-hundred-k dept.

mssmss writes "Has anyone used G-WAN — a free (as in beer), supposedly fast and scalable Web server? The downside is it supports only C scripts, which the author claims is a plus since most programmers know C anyway. There is currently only a Windows release and no clear answer in their FAQs whether there would be Linux/Solaris releases. As an interesting aside, releasing a Web server while at the same time fighting a losing battle (PDF) with a large bank over a piracy claim of $200 million (the bank is alleged to have done the piracy) is quite a feat."

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  1. It can't even talk http properly by RJabelman · · Score: 4, Informative

    His server returns 404 for errors:

    http://www.gwan.com/csp_crash.html

    That's going to make wirting for this thing really confusing.

  2. Are you fucking kidding me? by Weaselmancer · · Score: 4, Informative

    I asked him to explain why stable versions (some of these stable releases were several years old, too) of the software he was recommending contained over 100 bug fixes. He couldn't provide a suitable answer, and thus management gave him the boot. And so we're not using Drupal.

    You are out of your mind. Bug fixes to a stable release is your metric of quality?

    May I ask what OS you guys are using in your bug-free paradise? You know, the OS that doesn't need any bug fixes after release. That one. I'd like to go buy myself a copy because that sure sounds great.

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    Weaselmancer
    rediculous.