On 11/2/01 3:13 AM, "Jon Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> on 11/1/01 11:59 PM, "Matt Egyhazy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> perhaps sun should make it more clear that petshop is not a benchmark and is >> instead a multi-faceted example of the possibilities offered by j2ee. i >> suppose they could rework it and create a benchmark out of it... >> >> microsoft is obviously misusing it...and that is possibly what they do best >> (and are 'doing right'), spread FUD. >> >> matt > > I don't get it though. Why shouldn't a fully functional demo also be able to > be used as a real application (or the basis for one)? A pet store shopping > cart isn't rocket science. Even if it is just an educational science > project, why does it have to be that much more complex and overly done than > an equivalent application in another language/system/os. > > The point being is that M$ claims that their version of PetStore is that > much smaller and easier to understand. Well, if their version also has all > of the same showcase of features, then how come it is still that much > smaller/simpler/faster? Except that (someone noted) that the MSFT version doesn't have all the same features, so it's not a valid comparison. This is an opportunity for us to build a PetStore example w/o a middle tier, and see how that compares to the .NET version. geir > > I don't really see what M$ did as being FUD. What they are doing is showing > the hypocrisy of Sun's marketing engine and the technologies that Sun is > pushing on people to use. > > W a k e u p p e o p l e > > -jon > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- Geir Magnusson Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] System and Software Consulting "He who throws mud only loses ground." - Fat Albert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
