Forum OpenACS Q&A: Check out what runs Libertyunites.org

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Posted by Joel Natividad on 09/25/01 09:33 PM

Guess what? LibertyUnites.org - the site that was put together in short order by Pipevine (see article) is running on AOL Server.

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Posted by Stephen van Egmond on 09/25/01 09:54 PM

That makes for a very dubious "win". Read the horrid tech problems they had, halfway down the article. Random locks not releasing? Debug code <em>changing the timing</em> so that the deadlocks went away!?!

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Posted by Joel Natividad on 09/25/01 11:13 PM

Half full... its not really a hit against AOLServer. Just the whole thing being pulled off in a few days and some people forgetting to cross their Ts and dot their Is, IMHO.

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Posted by Yon Derek on 09/26/01 06:10 AM

The article says that what was locking itself was Oracle database accessed by "transaction engine written in Java". AOLServer is not even mentioned by the name in the article so it can hardly be considered pro (or against) AOLServer piece.

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Posted by Jon Posadas on 09/26/01 03:18 PM

Still, I think it helps in evangelizing. Just point them to the Netcraft findings.

BTW, you might want to check this out too while you're at it.

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Posted by Brian Fenton on 09/27/01 10:10 AM

If you view source on the news.sel.sony.com home page it says

created by TCG Software with the ArsDigita Community System

I'm not sure whether it's ACS Classic or OpenACS. Maybe someone from TCG can comment?

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Posted by James Harris on 09/28/01 02:40 AM

It was ACS Classic...