Do have a look at the Inprise Application Server. I found it way ahead of
others in terms of ease of use and smooth deployments. Performance is good.
CORBA features are also excellent with VISIBROKER integrated with it.
But still I feel strange that it is not very popular.
Hope that helps.
Regards,
Sunil Dangwal
----- Original Message -----
From: "Humphrey Sheil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 4:32 AM
Subject: Re: J2EE - Server
> In vendor selection, you have two groups to consider, commercial, well
> established vendors and open source / very low cost (OS / VLC) vendors.
The
> pros / cons between these two are fairly clear cut:
>
> Commercial Pros
>
> Good support
> Higher standard of documentation (generally)
> Good market penetration (so hiring experienced developers etc. is easier)
> You can be sure they'll be around next year to answer your questions
> Some vendors who are on the expert groups at Javasoft, obviously use this
> knowledge to make sure they protect their interests (and by extension
yours)
> as the new specs. unfold by either supporting them in released products or
> getting beta versions roadtested early
>
>
> Commercial Cons
>
> High initial cost of ownership (over time however, this should lessen)
> Some commercial vendors are slow to support the new specs. as they are
> released (in contrast to the pro listed above)
> Some commercials have been around a while and thus are not 100% Java
> (usually having C++ components), each vendor should make this clear in the
> docs however.
>
> OS / VLC Pros
>
> Low / zero initial cost of ownership
> Small and nimble enough to turn on a penny when it comes to spec.
conformity
> and new features
> All (AFAIK) are 100% Java
>
> OS / VLC Cons
>
> Documentation can be poor compared to commercial
> It's harder to find developers who know the server
> Support is not clear cut and must be considered a risk, particularly if
you
> are consulting and will be handing the finished software off to a client
> (who may not have a strong skillset in-house).
>
>
> In order to avoid missing any one vendor out, here's a pretty complete
list
> of links for app. servers with follow-on links etc.:
> http://www.mgm-edv.de/ejbsig/ejbservers.html
>
>
> My own personal opinion is that I'd still spec. a commercial vendor for at
> least the next 6 - 12 months, but I play around with servers like Orion
and
> jBoss in the meantime and lurk on the lists to see how stable they are
(;-))
>
> Humphrey
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wolfgang Egger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 10 July 2000 10:08
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: J2EE - Server
>
>
> Servus,
>
> we are going to start developing a B2B - "portal" and we have decided to
use
> J2EE - EJB - technology.
>
> Now, besides our concrete design, we are thinking about what server we
> should use. The server shoul dmake it possible to develop 100% pure Java -
> "apps" and to do that in an as standardized way as possible, so that we
can
> change the server without too much trouble if needed.
>
> Has anyone any hints URLs and so on, that could help us to take the
> decission?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Wolfgang Egger
>
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