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(Originally posted on: 10-14-02 02:20:33 PM)
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Now, most of us webserver geeks have heard of a program called PHP Triad. What is does in a nutshell is it installs MySQL, PHP, and Apache in a working configuration, removing all the configuration normally done when installing the three open source web server elements. After checking this out, I realized that this guy did have a really good idea. Their isn't much to play around with when using PHPTriad, so I set out on figuring out what he used to make the install file. The install icon features a familiar llama, which we all know is the mascot for the globally loved Nullsoft, creators of Winamp, what isn't well known is the fact that Nullsoft also has several other excellent programs, while the most relevant to this discussion being NSIS (Nullsoft(SuperPiMP|Scriptable) Install System). NSIS is an open-source install system, which works through scripting.
Quote: NSIS tries to be a scriptable win32 installer/uninstaller system that doesn't suck and isn't huge.
Back to the subject at hand, a man named "J Wynia" released this program, PHP Triad, which instantly recieved acclaim for it's creative idea, even being printed in Oreilly PHP books. A few months went by with several updates of PHPTriad, at which point "J Wynia" began asking for donations to support PHPTriad and it's continued updates. Of course, he recieved very few donations while questions in support forums grew dramatically. "J Wynia" became very frustrated with PHP Triad's users, and cut supporting it, though the downloads stayed up at sourceforge.com. Steady downloads of PHPTriad have continued, even though it wasn't being supported. Recently though, PHPGeek.com is coming back to life with talk of "J Wynia's" latest program, Sokkit. The difference between this and PHPTriad is that it is no longer free, and it will feature more user GUI's..etc. Sokkit will of course be a great tool for budding webmasters who aren't experienced enough to run UNIX or Linux systems. Now, what's wrong with this you say? I would strongly support Sokkit for the sole purpose of it bringing more people into the webmaster game, but because of the fact that he is charging money, I can't support it. Apache, PHP, and MySQL were all programmed with the basic princibal that software should be free to everyone without exception. What's keeping users like us from creating our own Sokkits? If anyone here is interested in creating a free version of this, and you have experience in php, mysql, apache, or a windows programming language such as perl or c drop me an email 1337bill@optonline.net
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