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@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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