i thinkits the easiest j2ee app server to use..consumes the least amt of memory....has the coolest hot deployment.. ...has killer j2ee tech features...runs like the breeze...and best of all....ITS FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...the documentaion can be a bit exhausting i agree..but that is hardly a trade-off..
anyway..everyman to his poison..as they say.... cheers, saurabh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scot Mcphee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "JDJList" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 10:55 AM Subject: [jdjlist] JBOSS vs the rest > > Anyone got any views on the use of JBoss as a J2EE application server > versus, just about anything else? I have prior experience of Websphere, and > also JBoss 2.4. I have been looking at a new system and running it based on > JBoss 3.0, until this afternoon. > > I just spent 2 days reading the big ugly monolithic Jboss PDF that we got > the subscription for. I must say that I am less than impressed with the > documentation. It's like you want to build a skyscraper, and you're given a > manual about steel fabrication and various types of rivets in use today. In > response to the 'what to do about earthquakes' question you are referred to > a book on geology, and the jumbo-strike section has a URL to the 747 service > manual. I always thought I was pretty good on handling conceptual detail, I > don't know quite whether it's me or the product. I mean, I understand J2EE > well enough to design things like scheduling and calendering and financial > trading systems. > > I hate to be harsh, because I like the idea that that JBoss doesn't cost > $10,000, and up until this point served us pretty well. Maybe it is just me. > For all it's niceness and freeness, I really don't think JBoss is a proper > production system. > > Because of this unproductive use of my time I went and promptly downloaded > Macromedia JRun, which I evaluated previously. And I got the basic stuff > working an afternoon, and can now start to consider how to re-engineer the > application correctly. It's priced very reasonably and seeing I saved the > company an enormous amount of money by switching the developers to Eclipse > from JBuilder I think I have a little extra in the kitty. (Although frankly > the two days I just wasted far outstrip the price of JRun). > > I just get the feeling that all the pretty web configuration tools and stuff > really do add something, even to experienced developers. Or maybe it's just > documentation focussed on tasks. Or a sales model that sells product, not > information. > > Any views and thoughts would be appreciated. > > regs > scot. > > ___________________________________________ > Scot Mcphee - Snr Developer > - (mobile) +61-412-957414 > ___________________________________________ > Tigerex - http://www.tigerex.net > - (bus) +61-2-82593613 > ___________________________________________ > > > > ____________________________________________________ > To change your JDJList options, please visit: > http://www.sys-con.com/java/list.cfm > > Be respectful! Clean up your posts before replying > ____________________________________________________ > > ________________________________________________________________________ This communication is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s) and shall not attach any liability on the originator or ITIL/its Holding Company/Subsidiaries/Group Companies. If you are the addressee, the contents of this e-mail are intended for your use only and it shall not be forwarded to any third party, without first obtaining written authorization from the originator or ITIL/its Holding Company/Subsidiaries/Group Companies. It may contain information which is confidential and legally privileged and the same shall not be used or dealt with by any third party in any manner whatsoever without the specific consent of ITIL/its Holding Company/Subsidiaries/Group Companies. ____________________________________________________ To change your JDJList options, please visit: http://www.sys-con.com/java/list.cfm Be respectful! Clean up your posts before replying ____________________________________________________
