The first version of the Publishing Edition was created within a client project in the year 2004. The task was to create a CD which could be started on a Windows PC without requiring any additional software. This solution was greatly loved by our clients right up to the moment when with Windows XP the firewall was activated with SP1 by default.
Not that our solution did not run any more, but since our solution used local port 8088, the Windows firewall blocked this particular local port. In the final analysis this meant that for most users working with our Publishing Edition went from worry-free to hiccup-laden.
We could go into arguing that it makes little sense to shut the local ports in a local environment by default when at the same time (at least at the time) it was possible to write on the hard disk via the temporary directory. However, when you want to open a self-supporting archive, then such deliberations are hardly of interest to you. You simply want to work with your archive.
From a vendor's point of view it was a deplorable situation. We did make all the right choices with Web, MySQL and Windows, did we not? Bad luck when we propose but Windows disposes. Windows is not fond of Web technologies and this is not our fault. But even this will be of little interest to you when you are trying to make archived data available.
As long-term reaction to this (and other) experiences ArchivistaBox has come into being: a solution which on the one hand keeps favouring Web technologies and on the other can be deployed as stand-alone, embedded box solution to be at all events prepared for future imponderabilities.
Until 2010, the use of an ArchivistaBox required the software to be set up and then the data to be archived to be recorded, which meant that the self-supporting archive was initially not feasible with the ArchivistaBox. For this reason, we decided to give our ArchivistaBox the option of creating self-supporting archives at any time from the running system. And in such a way that these archives can either be viewed as a LiveCD.
In this respect, we are grateful that the local ports of the Windows firewall were closed at the time; it opened the window for us to develop a solution that is far more open on all sides than the previous publishing edition. With the new solution, we don't need a Windows license, nor do we need to specify any version numbers or service packs as a prerequisite. All we need is: a) a computer with 2 GB of memory (RAM) or b) a virtual box with 2 GB of RAM for the basic system. Plus a maximum of approx. 3 GB for the data (depending on the size of the archives). The ArchivistaBox and the publishing archives are happy to take care of everything else for you.
We are of the opinion that the Roman Numeral II in the chapter heading is justified. We wish you and us much success and pleasure with the new Publishing Edition.