FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)

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General Information

  • What is "Open Source?"
  • Why should I use an open source Application Server?
  • What is an application server?
  • What is Enhydra?
  • What is Enhydra.org?
  • How do I contact Enhydra.org?

    Copyrights and Licensing

  • Can I use and ship Enhydra with my commercial product?
  • Can I ship the Enhydra source code too?
  • The copyright refers to Lutris Technologies. What's the deal?

    Support

  • What kind of non-commercial support is provided for Enhydra?
  • What kind of commercial support is provided for Enhydra?

    Bugs Reports and Feature requests

  • How do I file Enhydra bug reports?
  • How do I file Enhydra feature requests?

    Technical

  • What are the currently supported Web server connection methods?
  • Why/When would I want to use Enhydra without a Web server (i.e., take HTTP requests directly)?
  • Does Enhydra support the Servlet 2.X interface?
  • How do I get access to the current CVS source tree?

    Enhydra vs. others

  • When would I use Enhydra instead of using my Web server and CGI scripting to write a Web application?
  • Why would I want to use Enhydra instead of Perl?
  • Why would I want to use Enhydra instead of Cold Fusion?
  • What is the relationship of Enhydra with Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB)?
  • How does Enhydra compare with IBM WebSphere, BEA WebXPress (formerly known as WebLogic Tengah), or other well-known commercial Web application servers?

    Enhydra Performance

  • How many users can Enhydra handle simultaneously?
  • Does Enhydra support clustering for scalability?

    Multiserver

  • What is Enhydra Multiserver?
  • Isn't it the same thing, for instance, as Jserv from java.apache.org?