P H O E N I X

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  What is it?
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  It is meta-server - a server kernel on top of which other servers are built.

  Where is it?
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  http://jakarta.apache.org/avalon/phoenix

  What is related to it?
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  http://jakarta.apache.org/avalon - the parent project for Phoenix.

  http://jakarta.apache.org/avalon/framework - a service framework initiative.

  http://jakarta.apache.org/avalon/cornerstone - a set of reusable components that
  Phoenix server applications may use.

  http://jakarta.apache.org/avalon/apps - a set of complete and in-progress
  applications for Phoenix.

  http://jakarta.apache.org/james - a mail server that runs as a Phoenix
  server application.

  Requirements
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  -JDK1.3 or above
  -To build form CVS you must set JAVA_HOME to the jdk dir (eg. /usr/java/jdk1.4 or
   c:\jdk1.4.1)

  Installation Instructions and Documentation
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  Phoenix is a framework that loads and runs servers. Without a server
  plugged into it, it doesn't do anything. To run it just execute run.bat
  or run.sh in the distribution bin folder. See docs/ subdirectory for further
  documentation.

  Licensing and legal issues
  --------------------------

  For other legal and licensing issues, please read the included documentation.

  Thanks for using Phoenix.

                                           The Apache Jakarta Project
                                           http://jakarta.apache.org/