IMHO, that's the reason.
IBM is fundamentally a sales organization that happens to be in the
software business. They didn't get into "In Search Of Excellence" because
developers enjoyed their products. :-) They've never seemed to be able to
crack the consumer market, but they wrote the book on how to sell to the
enterprise.
Tom
On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Gene Chuang wrote:
> ibm + politics
>
> Gene
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> Subject: Why is everybody using Websphere?
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> Serious question. When I talk to people who are working in the J2EE space
> they are usually very very critical of Websphere as an application server
> platform. Can somebody explain why nearly all the J2EE work in the
> Netherlands for instance requires Websphere experience? Why is Websphere so
> popular in Europe?
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