[Toolserver-l] Windows toolserver

[Francine R]

One thing to keep in mind though, though, is that almost all of
the .NET-based tools like AWB, Huggle, and such are GUI-based - they'd
be a bit awkward to run on a toolserver. They _could_ be rewritten to
run unattended/via the command line/ASP.NET... but then they'd probably
run unaltered on the Linux toolserver already via Mono. :)

-Krimpet

On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 07:19 -0500, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> > Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:52:15 +0100 (CET)
> > From: Danny B.<Wikipedia.Danny.B at email.cz>
> > Subject: Re: [Toolserver-l] Windows toolserver
> > 
> > I support Windows toolserver. I actually proposed it already 
> > pretty long time ago.
> > 
> > Of course, it depends on what will be installed on it, but I 
> > guess some SBS package could solve it.
> > 
> > It's not the question of unwilling to learn Unix, but the 
> > question of reusability of previous work - if somebody 
> > already has something he can can use, he most probably won't 
> > want to rewrite it completely in different language.
> > 
> > Eg. I personally have a bunch of stuff written in ASP I could 
> > use, as well as standalone scripts in VBS/JS. There are also 
> > some useful freeware programs or libraries which could be 
> > helpful and I don't know about any Linux alternative to them 
> > (not saying it doesn't exist, but simply didn't find it).
> > 
> > Danny B.
> 
> I agree with Danny B. If there is a significant chance that making this
> available would bring new tools from people not otherwise inclined, or even
> from people who have stuff on this platform who already contribute, it's
> worth evaluating. How to determine whether there are such possible tools?
> Perhaps a survey or something similar at an appropriate point? But there is
> a significant body of (client side) tools that use .net already developed
> (AWB, Huggle and a bunch more), some in fact are among the most popular and
> powerful tools extant (run Huggle and you'll see what I mean about power and
> efficiency, it's actually kind of scary how fast you can revert and block
> vandal activity... and I think many people know how very useful AWB is... I
> for one swear by it for a large class of tasks) so clearly there are some
> relevant skills out there.
> 
> I also see where Brianna's coming from, in that there are those that might
> object to providing a facility on such a closed system but I think River's
> right, we should see if there's a need first before having the religious war
> :)
> 
> Larry Pieniazek
> Hobby mail: Lar at Miltontrainworks dot com  
> 
> 
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