[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > With iplanet shipping free with Solaris 9, and the availability of JBoss, > the cost of the app Server software is removed from the equation of > 'costs'.
If you're using the free stuff, you're in the minority. Most companies use WebLogic or WebSphere, with a few using iPlanet and even fewer using Oracle. The company I work for now uses ATG Dynamo, which is priced so high it makes the hardware sound cheap. This is not a complaint about J2EE, but rather about managers who insist on spending millions of dollars rather than using free or low-cost alternatives like JBoss, Resin, and Orion. This attitude seems to be the norm among most big companies using Java. To make this at least slightly relevant to this list, I see Perl's value in these situations as being ease of use, speed of development, quality of support, and source code availability. The price is just gravy. - Perrin
