In reference to the thread about managers being afraid of choosing
Orion, I'd like to point out that it's an implementation of strictly
defined standards. When you're developing with Orion, you're not
developing code with dependencies on proprietary APIs, only on
standards. This means that you can switch J2EE implementations at any
time, and don't have to rely on any particular piece of software. I
think that where well defined standards are concerned, it's prudent to
choose the implementation which is the best right now, and focus on
keeping your code portable so that if something else looks better you
can switch to it. (as an exercise to the reader: how many people do
you know who knew 12 months ago what the best servlet engine today
would be? aside from Magnus and Karl :-)
Also, lots of people (myself included) would like Orion to be
open-source software. I'm sure that the Orion people know this, and
have given it careful consideration. So, let's respect that and not
lobby them too much on the orion-interest list.
Cheers,
Luke
