<s>
AOLserver	B-Language
is	O
AOL	O
's	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
web	B-Application
server	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
multithreaded	O
,	O
Tcl-enabled	O
,	O
and	O
used	O
for	O
large	O
scale	O
,	O
dynamic	O
web	O
sites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AOLserver	B-Language
is	O
distributed	O
under	O
the	O
Mozilla	B-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
AOLserver	B-Language
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
NaviSoft	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
"	O
NaviServer	B-Language
"	O
,	O
but	O
changed	O
names	O
when	O
AOL	O
bought	O
the	O
company	O
in	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Philip	O
Greenspun	O
convinced	O
America	O
Online	O
to	O
open-source	B-Application
the	O
program	O
in	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AOLserver	B-Language
was	O
the	O
first	O
HTTP	B-Application
server	I-Application
program	O
to	O
combine	O
multithreading	B-Operating_System
,	O
a	O
built-in	O
scripting	O
language	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
pooling	O
of	O
persistent	O
database	B-General_Concept
connections	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
database-backed	O
Web	O
sites	O
,	O
this	O
enabled	O
performance	O
improvements	O
of	O
100×	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
standard	O
practices	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
CGI	O
scripts	O
that	O
opened	O
fresh	O
database	B-General_Concept
connections	I-General_Concept
on	O
every	O
page	O
load	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eventually	O
other	O
HTTP	B-Application
server	I-Application
programs	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
achieve	O
similar	O
performance	O
with	O
a	O
similar	O
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AOLserver	B-Language
is	O
a	O
key	O
component	O
in	O
the	O
Open	B-Architecture
Architecture	I-Architecture
Community	O
System	O
(	O
OpenACS	B-Protocol
)	O
which	O
is	O
an	O
advanced	O
open-source	B-Application
toolkit	O
for	O
developing	O
web	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2007	O
,	O
a	O
port	O
of	O
AOLserver	B-Language
for	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
was	O
made	O
available	O
and	O
later	O
forked	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
"	O
Joggame	O
Server	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
fork	B-Application
is	O
described	O
on	O
its	O
SourceForge	B-Application
project	O
page	O
as	O
being	O
a	O
spin-off	O
of	O
AOLserver	B-Language
for	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NaviServer	B-Language
(	O
also	O
hosted	O
on	O
SourceForge	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
AOLserver	B-Language
.	O
</s>
