与GoAhead相关的一些问题与回答

Questions and Answers

 

Why is GoAhead Software distributing royalty free embedded Web server source code? 
  Our goal in releasing GoAhead WebServer under an open source license is to help put a Web server in every device, harness the pool of talented developers, and enhance the reliability of GoAhead WebServer by leveraging the test and debugging efforts of thousands of companies. For OEM licensees we provide an agreement tailored to transparently adding the web server.

    What is the GoAhead WebServer?
The GoAhead WebServer is a fully functional, standards-based embedded Web server designed for cross-platform support. Its functionality includes Active Server Pages (ASP) for delivering dynamic HTML pages, in-process CGI, embedded JavaScript and an open, extensible scripting architecture.

    Why use the GoAhead WebServer?
Not only is GoAhead WebServer a fast, efficient, high-end Web server, but it is also based on industry standards and royalty free. Many companies have developed Web servers that range in price from a few thousand dollars to nearly $100,000 when the royalty fees are incurred. Most commercial Web servers also define proprietary tags which require you to use their development tools or learn new languages. GoAhead WebServer uses industry standards like JavaScript and ASP so you don't have to change the way you work.

    How fast is it?
GoAhead WebServer can service 20 requests per second on a 24MHz 68040, 50/sec on 266 MHz Pentium and draws on GoAhead's PC Magazine Editor's Choice award winning internet accelerator technology.

  How big is the code?
The footprint of the compiled version of the embedded server in a Windows CE environment is less than 60K of code.