Ariadne Application Server

[Al Byers]

Kimball,

The best solution under the sun is under your very nose. Open for 
Business (http://www.ofbiz.org) was developed by a local Utahn, David E. 
Jones. I have worked with Cocoon and OFBiz and both are non-trivial to 
work with, but then OFBiz is designed to be a full Web Services 
platform. For content display, it uses a combination of JPublish for 
template management and FreeMarker (a Velocity-like markup language) and 
is well thought out.

The thing I like about OFBiz is that uses industry standards wherever 
possible. If you were new to Java, you couldn't do better than to look 
at OFBiz as an example of best practices. One of the cool things about 
it is that it has a mature Entity Engine that abstracts all database 
operations, so your code will work with any major db. Personally, I 
think that it is going to go ballistic and be the Linux of Web Services.

There are a number of Utah companies using OFBiz, including 
PartnerHomes, NowPulse and In2M. We have formed a local users group, 
SLOFBUG, and are having our first meeting at my home tonight. If you are 
interested email me and I will let you know the particulars.

-Al

Kimball Larsen wrote:

> Does anyone have any experience with the Ariadne Application Server?
>
> My company is looking for a good web content management suite/site  
> builder thing to redesign the current incarnation of their website.  
> I  have taken a look at cocoon already, and after spending nearly a 
> full  day trying to get it installed on our debian box (apt-get 
> install  cocoon claims to have installed it, but the installation is 
> broken) I  opted to look for other options.
>
> Suggestions?
>
> -- Kimball
>
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