> There are at least three commercial implementations of JSP. JRun,
>ServletExec, and WebSphere. All three of them provide excellent support if
>there is a problem and rarely (not "usually") use the excuse that "it has
>not been finalized
> yet!" All three provide support for the 0.91 spec, and some (such
>as JRun) are providing 0.92 support as well. The implementations are robust
>and very usable. The JSP is portable between the platforms (as long as you
>stick to the 0.91 spec) The tech support from all three platforms is
>decent. It's not always great, but it's there.
This may be true, but the response I get from Weblogic tech support is
always "We're not going to start supporting JSP until the 1.0 spec is out".
And GNUJSP will stay at 0.91 until the final spec is out. And Netscape
has (at times) given the same answer. Who knows what other vendors
(NetDynamics?) are doing?
The fact of the matter is that virtually all application server vendors are
"committed" to supporting JSP, but few currently support it. And when it
comes down to making a decision on an appserver, current JSP support is not
going to be a primary criterion (instead will be issues like scalability,
failover, distributed computing model, etc).
By delaying the 1.0 spec, Sun has kept major appserver vendors from
offering support, and kept developers from moving beyond the prototype stage.
Hell, they could release 0.91 again and call it 1.0, I don't care. They
just need to release something.
-Ben
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