Re: [Exist-open] Memcached Client in eXist

[James F. <jam...@ex...>]

On 18 July 2010 23:42, Andrzej Jan Taramina <an...@ch...> wrote:
> Might be a problem for those running a Windoze OS...but then again, why would anyone in their right mind want to do that
> in a server environment?

I know at the last eXist meetup in PragueI  alluded to the fact that I
'dont exist on windows' ... which was a veiled reference that I don't
do eXistdb on windows platforms. In hindsight this was perhaps a bit
snide and factually incorrect comment ... confession: I do and have
done lots of .NET work with respect to creating software build &
development systems for med/large groups of developers  and even
enhanced eXist on windows platforms (esp with respect to perf
optimisation and integration)... I also seem to be able to code in c#
and have extended things like sharepoint when asked!

... but w/o wanting to sound to OTT, in the hands of an expert any
technology is better then the 'best' technology selection possible, so
I typically choose platforms that I have more experience in.

With Java's future being a bit cloudy these days, I think we all need
to revise our thinking a little bit about .NET/windows

http://highscalability.com/blog/2009/8/5/stack-overflow-architecture.html

articles like this show that Windows, in the hands of experts, scales
admirably and can be quite performant with the right setup.

I am not saying that we should port eXist to win32/win64 but just a
reminder that we should probably be investigating opportunities for
deeper integration.

James Fuller