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+Thrift transport sample project
+-------------------------------
+
+This cross-platform project has been built with Windows Visual Studio 10 and 
+OSX 10.7.1's g++.  The client and server support socket and pipe transports 
+through command-line switches.
+
+Windows supports both named & anonymous pipes; *NIX gets only named 
+'pipes' at this time.
+
+Windows-only at this time:
+The client & server are double-ended. Both sides run a server and client to 
+enable full duplex bidirectional event signaling. They are simple command 
+line apps. The server runs until it's aborted (Ctl-C). The client connects to
+the server, informs the server of its listening pipe/port, runs some more RPCs 
+and exits. The server also makes RPC calls to the client to demonstrate 
+bidirectional operation.
+
+Prequisites:
+Boost -- tested with Boost 1.47, other versions may work.
+libthrift library -- build the library under "thrift/lib/cpp/"
+thrift IDL compiler -- download from http://thrift.apache.org/download/ 
+   or build from "thrift/compiler/cpp".  The IDL compiler version should
+   match the thrift source distribution's version. For instance, thrift-0.9.0
+   has a different directory structure than thrift-0.8.0 and the generated
+   files are not compatible.
+
+Note: Bulding the thrift IDL compiler and library are beyond the scope
+of this article. Please refer to the Thrift documentation in the respective
+directories and online.
+
+
+Microsoft Windows with Visual Studio 10
+----------------------------------------
+Copy the IDL compiler 'thrift.exe' to this project folder or to a location in the path.
+Run thriftme.bat to generate the interface source from the thrift files.
+
+Open transport-sample.sln and...
+Adapt the Boost paths for the client and server projects. Right-click on each project, select
+Properties, then:
+Configuration Properties -> C/C++ -> General -> Additional Include Directories
+Configuration Properties -> Linker -> General -> Additional Include Directories
+
+The stock path assumes that Boost is located at the same level as the thrift repo root.
+
+Run the following in separate command prompts from the Release or Debug 
+build folder:
+ server.exe -np test
+ client.exe -np test
+
+
+*NIX flavors
+------------
+Build the thrift cpp library.
+Build the IDL compiler and copy it to this project folder.
+Run thriftme.sh to generate the interface source from the thrift files.
+Run 'make'
+
+Run the following in separate shells:
+ server/server -np /tmp/test
+ client/client -np /tmp/test