I was never given any input, and upon reading the questions submitted it mostly hinges around demonstrations of IDE for WS development, something that puts me to sleep.
I don't know what to say guys, the questions were bland and maybe MS centric. It is ok, I will deal with it and if everything fails I will resort to bird name-calling to the amusement of everyone. See you soon, marcf > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg P Ackerman > Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 10:28 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Juglist] J2EE-.NET Shootout > > > > > > > I would like to offer my input on the upcoming .NET/J2EE > shootout. I appreciate the more conspiratorially minded > comments from the group because Microsoft has obviously done > its share of sneaky things, and I don't deny that they will > be fiercely competitive as well as sneaky if they need to, to > try to win developers through this event. I would like to > say that the shootout format as well as the questions have > all been vetted by ALL of the vendors beforehand. They came > back to us several times with offers for input and > constructive criticism on format and questions. Therefore, > what you will see from the vendors is what EVERYBODY agreed > to and gave input on, and which in my view does not unduly > favor one vendor but instead presents the main questions that > need to be dealt with from ANY major vendor nowadays, > questions about development tools, system manageability, > support for devices, support for web services, what > differentiates your platform, etc. As far as the "Microsoft > vs. squabbling J2EE vendors" trap, I think the vendors are > aware that we will contend for both J2EE as a platform and > our own particular set of solutions. At least with J2EE you > have a choice, and I am planning to capitalize on this and am > sure the other vendors will too. > > I also think, personally, that Microsoft needs to be ENGAGED. > Their stuff is not superior, but almost always their > marketing is. I look forward to contributing to this forum > to hope to win more developers over to the Java world. I > hope as many JUG members can make it as possible and show > their support. I think it will be a fun event - see you next week. > > Regards, > Greg Ackerman > WebSphere Technical Specialist, IBM > > > _______________________________________________ > Juglist mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://trijug.org/mailman/listinfo/juglist_tri> jug.org > > _______________________________________________ Juglist mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://trijug.org/mailman/listinfo/juglist_trijug.org
