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Netscape Enterprise Developer

February  1998

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Web servers supported
MacOS
  • MDG Web Server 4D
  • Purity Charlotte*
  • Social Engineering Quid Pro Quo
  • Sonic Internet Server Suite
  • Spider Island TeleFinder
  • StartNine WebStar
  • Tenon WebTen
  • WindowsNT
  • Microsoft IIS
  • MDG Web Server 4D
  • NCSA Apache**
  • Netscape SuiteSpot
  • Omnicron OmniHTTPd
  • O'Reilly WebSite Pro
  • Searchlight Software Spinnaker
  • Unix
  • Community ConnXions Stronghold
  • MDMA server
  • NCSA Apache
  • Netscape SuiteSpot
  • Sun Microsystems Netra Internet Server
  • W3 W3c httpd 3.0
  • Hardware supported
    MacOS
  • Macintosh 680x0
  • PowerPC
  • WindowsNT
  • Intel Pentium
  • Intel 80x86
  • Digital Alpha
  • MIPS RISC
  • PowerPC
  • Unix
  • Sun Microsystems SPARCserver
  • Sun Microsystems Ultra Enterprise
  • SGI WebFORCE Origin 200/2000 Servers
  • Digital Alpha
  • IBM RISC System/6000
  • SGI O2, Origin200
  • Pros
    MacOS
  • Ease of use
  • Reliability
  • Low price point
  • Low cost of ownership
  • Highly secure OS
  • WindowsNT
  • Wide e-commerce application support
  • Preemptive SMP
  • Supports Active Server Pages
  • Supports InterDev
  • Widescale application availability
  • Unix
  • Native TCP/IP
  • Secure, stable 64-bit OS
  • Wide e-commerce application support
  • Highly scalable
  • Strong clustering support
  • Widescale application availability
  • Cons
    MacOS
  • Minimal e-commerce software available
  • Single-supplier hardware source
  • No clustering support
  • WindowsNT
  • Requires specialized training
  • High price point
  • High cost of ownership
  • Multi-vendor support
  • Unstable 32-bit OS
  • Weak clustering support
  • Unix
  • Requires specialized training
  • High price point
  • High cost of ownership
  • Multi-vendor support
  • E-Commerce catalog applications available
    MacOS
  • StarNine Web-Catalog
  • StarNine Web-Merchant
  • iCat Electronic Commerce Suite
  • WindowsNT
  • BroadVision One-to-One
  • CommerceOne C1 Commerce Suite
  • CommerceWAVE Merchant-WAVE
  • Connect OneServer
  • Elcom Systems Pecos suite
  • IBM Net.Commerce
  • iCat Electronic Commerce Suite
  • INEX Dynamic NT
  • Internet Factory Commerce Builder Pro
  • Intershop Online
  • InterWorld Commerce Exchange
  • Netscape CommerceXpert
  • Mercantec SoftCart
  • Microsoft Elite Server Enterprise
  • Speedware OrderPoint
  • Sterling Commerce Gentran Server
  • Trade'ex Market Maker
  • Vision Factory Cat@log Direct
  • Unix
  • IBM Net.Commerce
  • iCat Electronic Commerce Suite
  • INTERSHOP Online
  • Elcom Systems Pecos suite
  • Netscape CommercExpert
  • Open Market Transact
  • Oracle Internet Commerce Server
  • Pandesic E-business Solution
  • Speedware OrderPoint
  • Vision Factory Cat@log Direct
  • * In beta
    ** Uncompiled version

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