Re: Oracle HTTP Server - the future
From: Jeremy <jeremy0505_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 11:32:05 -0000
Message-ID: <MPG.29b96e87e2fa1f0198992f_at_News.Individual.NET>
In article <e1a7da54-d7c7-43cb-aefb-fb1187e22af4 _at_l16g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>, matthias.hoys_at_gmail.com says...
>
> On Mar 1, 1:41 am, Noons <wizofo..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:57:11 PM UTC+11, jeremy wrote:
> > > Does anyone have any knowledge or ideas about the long-term support for
> > > Oracle HTTP Server?
> >
> > > I understand that IAS is no longer being developed and therefore that
> > > support for this will evaporate at some point, is OHS in the same boat?
> >
> > I'm on the same boat here. We run all our Apex on OHS.
> > Used to be simple to find and install: in the companion disk, bundled with the database.
> >
> > Now it's hidden somewhere in that monstrosity called fusion...
> >
> > "Narh, we couldn't leave it nice and easy, mr. Customer: we need to flog fusion somehow, so we need to bundle something really useful with it so folks can increase the download counts..."
>
> I have the impression that Oracle wants to get rid of OHS for APEX
> installations, in favour of EPG or their own APEX listener product
> with or without a Java application server...
>
For us all we really require is mod_plsql but don't want to discover that this architecture has a limited-life...
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 11:32:05 -0000
Message-ID: <MPG.29b96e87e2fa1f0198992f_at_News.Individual.NET>
In article <e1a7da54-d7c7-43cb-aefb-fb1187e22af4 _at_l16g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>, matthias.hoys_at_gmail.com says...
>
> On Mar 1, 1:41 am, Noons <wizofo..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:57:11 PM UTC+11, jeremy wrote:
> > > Does anyone have any knowledge or ideas about the long-term support for
> > > Oracle HTTP Server?
> >
> > > I understand that IAS is no longer being developed and therefore that
> > > support for this will evaporate at some point, is OHS in the same boat?
> >
> > I'm on the same boat here. We run all our Apex on OHS.
> > Used to be simple to find and install: in the companion disk, bundled with the database.
> >
> > Now it's hidden somewhere in that monstrosity called fusion...
> >
> > "Narh, we couldn't leave it nice and easy, mr. Customer: we need to flog fusion somehow, so we need to bundle something really useful with it so folks can increase the download counts..."
>
> I have the impression that Oracle wants to get rid of OHS for APEX
> installations, in favour of EPG or their own APEX listener product
> with or without a Java application server...
>
For us all we really require is mod_plsql but don't want to discover that this architecture has a limited-life...
-- jeremyReceived on Thu Mar 01 2012 - 05:32:05 CST