Comments on: WIMP LAMP stack http://glennbennett.me/2009/02/wimp-lamp-stack/ Glenn Bennett Blog Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:20:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tim http://glennbennett.me/2009/02/wimp-lamp-stack/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Tim Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:20:20 +0000 http://glennbennett.me/?p=102#comment-99 1) An X is only used to signify possible deployments vs actual deployments. You can have a XAMP package but not a XAMP server. 2) The A is always assumed to be the Apache server. (See #6) 3) LAMP originated with open source so preference goes to open-source. The M should always be assumed to be MySQL. 4) LAMP, WIMP, etc refer to server setups, and a JavaScript app is just an app, not a server, so it doesn't get a cool acronym. 5) If we need more distinctions, we can start using a second, lower-case letter for clarification. E.g., LAMsP for MS-SQL. 6) If you had a Linux apache server running Postgres with PHP it would simply be LAPP because the letters always represent OS-Server-Db-Language, in that order. 1) An X is only used to signify possible deployments vs actual deployments. You can have a XAMP package but not a XAMP server.

2) The A is always assumed to be the Apache server. (See #6)

3) LAMP originated with open source so preference goes to open-source. The M should always be assumed to be MySQL.

4) LAMP, WIMP, etc refer to server setups, and a JavaScript app is just an app, not a server, so it doesn’t get a cool acronym.

5) If we need more distinctions, we can start using a second, lower-case letter for clarification. E.g., LAMsP for MS-SQL.

6) If you had a Linux apache server running Postgres with PHP it would simply be LAPP because the letters always represent OS-Server-Db-Language, in that order.

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