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79% November 1996 / Inbox / Apache

Summary: Apache. I've been reading your Web Project column on Web site management with growing amazement. How can you continue to write about the Web without ever mentioning the world's most popular Web server, Apache? Apart from this glaring deficiency, it's an interesting column. Ben Laurie.

Summary: Plugging in the Linux Box. A few months back, analysis of the keywords used to search The BYTE Site revealed that Linux ranked fifth. Clearly, a lot of visitors knew something I didn't, and I resolved to find out what. Today, a P150-based Dell running the Caldera distribution of Linux is an increasingly important pillar of The BYTE Site. All our conferences run there; INND supports newsreaders, and Apache provides an alternate Web-based view.

Summary: November 1996 / Inbox. The Future On-line. Wizard Review. Cover Story Uncovered. Refreshing!

Summary: Vendors Battle Over Next Internet File System. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols Browser wars, step aside. The next battle looming in cyberspace is over which file system will provide the underpinnings for better file transfer and group collaboration services on the Internet. Such a file system, whether from Sun or Microsoft or some other vendor, would improve upon the Internet's current HTTP and FTP. Sun's proposed new standard, the Web Network File System (WebNFS), is just what the Web needs, claims Brian Croll, director of marketing for Solaris Servers at Sun.

Summary: Not Just Another Free Unix. FreeBSD is fast and open, and it runs powerful tools and applications. And, yes, the OS is free. Jordan Hubbard The free-software world has attracted a growing army of highly talented engineers, many of whom turn out software that rivals or surpasses commercial products. Add to that the increased preoccupation with the Internet, which has led to a resurgence of interest in Unix and its strong networking abilities.

Summary: Digital IDs. Server and client certificates aren't yet widely used for authentication, but that's changing fast. Here's a progress report. Jon Udell At an Internet conference in 1995, Netscape cofounder Jim Clark said he had concluded that government control of cryptographic keys was inevitable, so we might as well get used to the idea. "Why are you advocating a hierarchical, patriarchal model?

Summary: Battle of the Web Site Builders. Microsoft and Netscape try to ease the pain of developing and maintaining a Web site. Rex Baldazo Netscape and Microsoft's epic struggle for mind and market share in the Internet arena now involves the tools for creating and managing Web site content. On this latest front, the weapons of choice are Microsoft's FrontPage and Netscape's LiveWire. Both packages help you deal with the everyday chores of creating useful Web content and keeping it up to date.

Summary: Perl's Future. Perl probably won't continue to dominate Web programming, but it can still make key contributions. Will it get the chance? . Jon Udell Perl has dominated Web programming so completely that some people think the terms Perl script and Common Gateway Interface (CGI) program are synonyms. They're not.

Summary: Your Business Needs the Web. Web-smart, platform-independent applications are jump-starting a Golden Age of software development. Jon Udell Can you really run your business on the Internet? You can't afford not to. As the planetary IP network increasingly connects your company to customers and business partners, the only question is: How can you best exploit the new opportunities?

Summary: 5 Years Ago in BYTE. The big guns are still around, but Intel's processor advancements--along with the success of the Wintel platform--made the ACE consortium obsolete. ACE, the Advanced Computing Environment consortium, made noise with its 21 big-name vendors, including Compaq and Microsoft, who promised big things for next-generation workstations. But then Intel accelerated its rollout of x86 processors, and such companies as Compaq left the organization, saying the x86 architecture offered pretty good performance after all. How does the ACE definition of an "advanced computing environment" relate to the realities of today's computing environments?