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<p>It's nearly a year on from my last Railo blog post so it is well overdue that I write another - just in case there is anyone still sitting on the fence, unsure if they should use Railo - or indeed, anyone who might be unaware of Railo's very existance!</p> <br/> <p>So to start with, a quick summary of what Railo is:</p> <ul> <li>Railo, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1QKOHThSiM#t=0m10s" title="(sounds like 'silo')">pronounced /&#712;ra&#618;.l&#601;&#650;/</a>, is super fast Enterprise-level sofware for RAD webapp and website creation.</li> <li>Railo is LGPL-licensed <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html">Free Software</a>, so anyone can use it how they like.</li> <li>Railo runs on any <a href="http://java.sun.com/javaee/">Java EE</a> server, (but doesn't require Java knowledge), and is a <a href="http://www.jboss.org/">Jboss.org</a> project.</li> <li>Railo uses the <a href="http://www.opencfml.org">CFML language</a>, like <a href="http://www.adobe.com/coldfusion">Adobe ColdFusion</a> (the primary CFML engine), <a href="http://www.openbluedragon.org">OpenBlueDragon</a>, and others.</li> <li>Railo is really awesome.</li> </ul> <br/> <p><a href="http://www.sorcerers-isle.net/article/railo_still_awesome.html"><strong>Find out why Railo is the perfect choice for your next development project.</strong></a></p> <br/>

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