IBM to release Tomcat for i-series/400

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For those who are interested the links are

Official site

http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat

If you are looking for the secret website to install Tomcat easily and play
here it is

http://archive.coreservlets.com/Using-Tomcat.html

Tomcat is really cool and very easy to install and configure.I configured my
IIS with Tomcat and easy and cool now I have ASP's and JSP's,Servlets
serving!!!! together as I wish.How to do this you could find inside the doc
folder after you unzipped your binaries...

Regards
Rizwan

IBM Expected To Announce OS/400 Tomcat Soon
By Joe Hertvik
In response to the uproar IBM caused this spring when it announced that it
would not offer the free WebSphere Application Server Standard Edition (WAS
SE) with WebSphere Version 4.0 and that it would withdraw WAS SE at the end
of 2002, IBM will soon announce that it is porting a version of the Apache
Software Foundation's Tomcat Web Application Server to the iSeries. IBM is
porting Apache to the iSeries because it contains most of the capabilities
of the WAS SE product (servlets and JavaServer Pages) without threatening
the higher end capabilities of WebSphere V4.0, which supports Enterprise
JavaBeans and is more scaleable and secure product. IBM will position OS/400
Tomcat as an entry-level Web application serving environment and encourage
people to go to WebSphere V4.0 Advanced Edition when they want to do more
serious work.
While there hasn't been an official announcement yet, there has been enough
advanced information emerging from different IBM sources that I feel
relatively safe in sketching out a probable picture of what the OS/400
Tomcat server will look like. The official announcement will likely contain
a few additional details but here's how I expect IBM will deliver an
OS/400-based Tomcat server. Tomcat is being developed under the name of
Project Jakarta by members of the ASF.
OS/400 Tomcat will run on OS/400 V4R5 and V5R1, and it will likely be
delivered as part of IBM's HTTP Server for iSeries during the fourth quarter
of 2001. Like IBM's OS/400 Apache implementation, OS/400 Tomcat will be
delivered as a compiled object rather than as open source that can be
tweaked and recompiled by OS/400 users. IBM will deliver it this way so that
it can modify Tomcat for OS/400 compatibility (including integration with
OS/400 features) and reliability, and the OS/400 Tomcat server would then
become part of OS/400 and be eligible for IBM support.  By compiling Tomcat,
IBM can also keep whatever improvements it makes to Tomcat out of the open
source community.
There hasn't been any word as to what IBM will call the Tomcat server.
However, just as the OS/400 Apache is officially called the "HTTP Server
(powered by Apache)" because IBM had modified the source code and delivered
it as a compiled object, I would expect that IBM will come up with an
appropriate name for the OS/400 Tomcat Server, perhaps something as simple
as Jakarta Tomcat for iSeries.
As to which Tomcat version will port to OS/400 (there are four current
versions of the server), IBM has said it plans to support the Java Servlet
2.2 and JSP 1.1 specifications, This means IBM will not use the
just-released Tomcat 4.0 beta, which supports the Servlet 2.3 and JSP 1.2
specs. Of the three Tomcat 3.x server lines (3.1.x, 3.2.x, and 3.3.x) that
support the Servlet 2.2 and JSP 1.1 specs, 3.1.x is a legacy release, 3.2.x
is the current production quality release, and Tomcat 3.3.x is a beta for
the next generation of Tomcat 3.x. Since Tomcat isn't a strategic product
for the iSeries (as Apache is), I would expect IBM to stay with the current
production quality release. So the OS/400 Tomcat server will probably be
built and delivered using the current production quality 3.2.3 or above
source code.
One of the more interesting points, however, is what type of compatibility
OS/400 Tomcat will have with the rest of IBM's WebSphere product line.
According to IBM sources, the OS/400 Tomcat server will not work with most
of IBM's WebSphere products, such as WebSphere Commerce Suite, the upcoming
iSeries Access for Web, WebSphere Host Publisher, and WebSphere Transcoding
Publisher. However, OS/400 Tomcat will work with the WebFacing tool that
comes with IBM's new WebSphere Development Studio. This means that you won't
have to install and configure WebSphere just to put a Web-based GUI on your
existing RPG and other OS/400 programs. IBM is designing OS/400 Tomcat to
function as another delivery environment for Web-enabled RPG programs by
using the WebFacing Tool. IBM is serious about providing WebFacing "for the
masses" and you won't be required to install the commercial WebSphere
product to get it-although you will have to buy WebSphere Development Studio
or be on Software Subscription to get the WebFacing tool.
With OS/400 Tomcat, IBM is providing a compiled version of Jakarta's Tomcat
open source server that can be used for lower-end Web sites and for
WebFacing existing programs. IBM is gambling that its customers that start
with OS/400 Tomcat will migrate to the commercial WebSphere Application
Server as their needs increase. Whatever the motivation, it's a good deal
for OS/400 users who don't have the budget or inclination to deal with
WebSphere.
The official announcement on OS/400 Tomcat should appear sometime before the
end of the third quarter.