Thanks for the alternative.....we really need something more robust than
what Jrun or Tomcat can offer. I have been amazed that with all of hoopla by
IBM over Linux, but their app server support has only been for Win/NT !!
Websphere 3.0 has been pretty bug ridden as well.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: A mailing list about Java Server Pages specification and reference
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Joseph B. Ottinger
> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 8:38 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: WebSphere 2.x and JSP - IBM ever going to support Websphere
> 3.x under Linux ????
>
>
> On Thu, 18 May 2000, M. Simms wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know if IBM intends to support Linux with their latest and
> > greatest edition ?
> > It's been quite some time since 3.02 has arrive for Windows/NT........
> >
> > If not, we must move to Apache Jakarta which is showing promise.
>
> Um, WebSphere and Jakarta are very different products, with different
> goals. WebSphere is an application server. Tomcat is a JSP and servlet
> container. Websphere HAS a JSP and servlet container, and represents a
> superset of what Tomcat is.
>
> If all you're doing is running simple servlets or JSP pages, and you don't
> mind putting up with a development product (i.e., a product in which speed
> and reliability are advantages and not primary goals), Tomcat will
> probably be fine.
>
> If you actually plan on using Java on the server side, and are looking at
> J2EE's entire suite (i.e., EJB, etc), you'll want to stay with WebSphere,
> or at least consider another application server. <plug type="shameless>I
> use Orion, which is pure Java - which means it runs on any OS, and I run
> it currently on NT, Linux, and Windows98. It's incredibly fast, and is far
> more J2EE-compliant than the other app servers I've looked at. See the
> benchmarks at http://www.orionserver.com/ for more.</plug>
>
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