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SDK for linux? // SdkmilestegFeb 15, 2002, 5:46pm
Hi Folks,
do you know if a sdk for linux is planned? I would like to host bots on my server,it is a linux box so I simply can t use the sdk dll thank you MilesTeg jermeMar 6, 2002, 10:29pm
An SDK for Unix/Linux is something I've been bugging Roland about for a
while now. I'm sure he would attest to that. :-) All *real* server applications run on *nix. Most in fact are open source and have been ported to Unix, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, etc... Just think of the possibilities if you could run a bot on *nix. (1. Harness the power of the command line, and all the *nix performance features (2. *nix systems have better logging facilities... (3. obviously more stable (4. integrate bots/world admin programs with HTTP server/database (5. More ideas for the database powered object path (also part of #4.) I don't mean this in any bad way. But Roland isn't our lone hero programmer anymore... I'm about to shell out $50 instead of just $20 dollars.. This is one thing I'm going to expect in the near feature. And why shouldn't I? Not only am I paying more, but every other *professional* piece of server software runs on *nix (excluding Microsoft trash). It's only to be expected of a corporation like activeworlds, with a client/server based product like AW. I've been told for a long time that an SDK for *nix just wasn't a priority. This was due to lack of manpower to perform the port to *nix (which I was told was possible, just not feasible at the time), and the other features that were being requested more. Which is all perfectly reasonable. However, I believe it is time to make this a top priority. I don't really expect to see this with the next version of AW (would be nice though!) But, sometime shortly thereafter. Thanks, Jeremy -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jeremy Booker JTech Web Systems (www.JTechWebSystems.com -- Coming Soon) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [View Quote] |