ASF c:\program files location [was Re: Default Tomcat installation location on Windows]

["William A. Rowe, Jr." <wr...@rowe-clan.net>]

>From: "Dominik Drzewiecki" <dr...@post.pl>
>Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 3:47 PM
>
>> The default location for Tomcat 5.0 installation on Windows is "c:\program
>> Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.0". On the other hand, win32
>Apache 2.0
>> installer suggests "c:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache 2.0". I suggest
>that
>> these directories should be unified for clarity, let's say the default
>root
>> directory for Apache softwere should be "c:\Program Files\Apache Group".
>After
>> all it is Apache's httpd that was first to come up with "Apache Group"
>directory
>> ;). I think Tomcat 5.0.x as well as 4.1.x should stick with it (Maven
>does, AFAIK).

I'd argue the converse, and suggest the httpd team will change this with
the Apache-2.2 installer.  It probably should have changed back at 2.0,
I don't remember why I didn't make that change at the time.

Apache Group as an entity is defunct, replaced by the corporate name
Apache Software Foundation.

Bill



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