Slow windows httpd server (fwd)

[The Big Glee Bopper]

On Thu, 25 Jan 1996, Roy Tennant wrote:

> Comparing speeds of servers gets tricky real fast. For example, there is 
> a program out (now in free beta form) for the Macintosh that is a 
> graphics-only accelerated Web server. It is called Rush Hour and is 
> available at:
> 
> http://www.maxum.com/RushHour/
> 
> Please note this is Macintosh only. The concept is that you serve your 
> Web pages from a general-purpose server like Webstar, and you serve 
> your images from Rush Hour at faster rates than would be possible if 
> Webstar handled it all.

Mac also has a couple of pluses even without RushHour. The machine almost
never crashes and some macWeb servers have never been rebooted in 1.5
years.  Security is also an issue since the Mac is pretty inpenetrable if
you have security problems. WebStar takes maybe 3 seconds to get started
and cgis can be scripted in Macperl or AppleScript at the least which
means it is _very_ easy to have FoxPro of FileMaker 3.0 (relational) db
running serving data. 

And having WebStar, Netscape, bbedit, and photoshop open and running at 
the same time creates a client-server development environment that 
PageMill can only dream about. Granted you need someone with serious 
programming/design/infoOrg skills at the set up but that's a hiring 
problem, right?  8-)

--Thom