Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA on LiveCD ...
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = > The CD thing might work as well, > however you have to have it > configured for the various OS's ... No no no, we're taking about a "LiveCD" here ... A LiveCD is a CD that has its own OS on the CD itself. When you stick it in the slot and boot your computer the BIOS sees the OS that's on the CD and launches it. From then on you're running the OS that's on the CD, not the OS that's on your hard drive. In fact, the OS that's on the CD might not even 'see' your hard drive ... but this is not necessarily a bad thing because this also means the LiveCD can completely ignore your existing hard drive and run very happily without it! That's why this is such a perfect solution. What I'm proposing is to create a LiveCD that has a version of Linux on it, and a web server, and a mail server, and a ftp server, and a dns server, and a browser, and a text editor, and an email client -- and WebDNA of course -- all pre-configured to work with each other whether the computer has a hard drive or not, and whether it has a network connection or not. It's basically a complete client-server system all on one "LiveCD", configured specifically to help people practice writing WebDNA and testing what they have written -- immediately -- on their own computers and with absolutely no risk that anything they do is going to mess with their regular hard disk-based operating system or the data stored on them. The CD could also be filled with all kinds of tutorials and examples and such, but even if that came later a basic "plug and play" system that works "out of the box" within minutes would be more than most people will ever need in order to get a jump start on learning and using WebDNA as soon as possible. And just imagine being the first software company on Earth to introduce such a system. How good is that in terms of advertising value? There's no way all the big computer and software sites and magazines are going to miss reporting this kind of news! Ah well, it's probably all just a dream ... but I can *really* dream up some unusual concepts sometimes, can't I? :) The thing is, this one really 'makes sense' to me. To get started I just need a version of WebDNA that's going to install and run properly with the HTTP server I put on the LiveCD, that's all ... Sincerely, Ken Grome
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> The CD thing might work as well, > however you have to have it > configured for the various OS's ... No no no, we're taking about a "LiveCD" here ... A LiveCD is a CD that has its own OS on the CD itself. When you stick it in the slot and boot your computer the BIOS sees the OS that's on the CD and launches it. From then on you're running the OS that's on the CD, not the OS that's on your hard drive. In fact, the OS that's on the CD might not even 'see' your hard drive ... but this is not necessarily a bad thing because this also means the LiveCD can completely ignore your existing hard drive and run very happily without it! That's why this is such a perfect solution. What I'm proposing is to create a LiveCD that has a version of Linux on it, and a web server, and a mail server, and a ftp server, and a dns server, and a browser, and a text editor, and an email client -- and WebDNA of course -- all pre-configured to work with each other whether the computer has a hard drive or not, and whether it has a network connection or not. It's basically a complete client-server system all on one "LiveCD", configured specifically to help people practice writing WebDNA and testing what they have written -- immediately -- on their own computers and with absolutely no risk that anything they do is going to mess with their regular hard disk-based operating system or the data stored on them. The CD could also be filled with all kinds of tutorials and examples and such, but even if that came later a basic "plug and play" system that works "out of the box" within minutes would be more than most people will ever need in order to get a jump start on learning and using WebDNA as soon as possible. And just imagine being the first software company on Earth to introduce such a system. How good is that in terms of advertising value? There's no way all the big computer and software sites and magazines are going to miss reporting this kind of news! Ah well, it's probably all just a dream ... but I can *really* dream up some unusual concepts sometimes, can't I? :) The thing is, this one really 'makes sense' to me. To get started I just need a version of WebDNA that's going to install and run properly with the HTTP server I put on the LiveCD, that's all ... Sincerely, Ken Grome
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