Software used in the Freebok server
	The server runs under Linux operating system. We use Red Hat distribution.
	At the core of the action runs Java engine. Freebok uses Java servlets to do it's magic. That means that all processing is done by the server, no browser Java support is required. We use the IBM Developer Kit for Linux.
	Servlet container is required for the servlets to work in. Tomcat is a servlet container that is developed in an open and participatory environment. It is also the official Reference Implementation for the Java Servlet technology.
	The layout of the guestbook can be defined by writing HTML code when the HTML Layout Type option is selected. Velocity is the technology that provides the dynamic content, such as the guestbook messages, to the HTML page. Velocity is also used throughout the Freebok site.
	Data driven application like Freebok requires a fast database. MySQL is ideal database solution for our use.
Software used in developing Freebok
	XFree86 (or just 'X') is a graphical user interface that runs under Linux, among others.
	KDE is a graphical desktop environment that is used on top of the XFree86.
	GNU Emacs editor has been used for all coding and documenting.
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	Our e-mail is filtered by ORDB database in order to avoid spam.

Recommended reading

• Halloween Documents I - VI

  "The body of the Halloween Document is an internal strategy memorandum on Microsoft's possible responses to the Linux/Open Source phenomenon." Published and commented by Eric Raymond. Interesting reading about the attitudes of the company that we (almost) all are customers of.

• The Cathedral and the Bazaar

  Eric Raymond's analysis of the open source development process. There is lot of interesting reading behind this link.

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