The Apache Visit to Microsoft Campus: Day One

re: The Apache Visit to Microsoft Campus: Day One

Paul Lynch — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:52:57 GMT

Hi,

I've written a brief article on configuring Tomcat with IIS 6.0 which hopefully some might find useful :

http://www.iisadmin.co.uk/?p=8

Paul

re: The Apache Visit to Microsoft Campus: Day One

Garrett Serack — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:24:17 GMT

Karl:

No, the information isn't just for those that visit the lab. Honestly, nearly everthing that the Apache folks are getting access to is somewhere in the MSDN. The real value in visiting the Compatibility lab gives is access to the Developers, PMs, and Testers that wrote the systems that they're interfacing to, so when there are issues that are outside the expected range, we can get to the bottom quickly.

For the independent developer, I have to recommend the forums on the MSDN site--they are patrolled by these same folks from the product groups, and if you run into issues that you can't solve, chances are you can get answers from the product group by posting on the forums. When I was in the CardSpace group, I was spending a lot of time there.

If you want to know more about the Platform Adoption Center (where the Compatibility labs are) see msdn.microsoft.com/.../pac

Garrett Serack

re: The Apache Visit to Microsoft Campus: Day One

Karl — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:56:38 GMT

It is a laudable action that you're working together with OSS people to improving compatibility etc. of non-MS apps on Windows Server 2008. But I do have to question the way you do it: why only the Apache Foundation (or previously the Mozilla gusy)? What if I want to make sure my custom software runs as good as possible on WS08?

Does everyone have to get to your lab to get the information? Seems quite awkward if you ask me. Why not put that information on microsoft.com / MSDN so everyone can benefit from it, regardless of whether they're working open source software or closed. Considering Microsofts history not everyone wants to give Microsoft too much info regarding their software.