To me, any Java related publication which has a .asp extension does not seem too creditable to me ;)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Ed Yu, Senior Solutions Architect (IBM Certified AIX Administrator), Advanced Solutions Group, Physics Dept., University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 Office (803)777-8831, FAX (803)777-8833, Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Gerrard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 12:07 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Stuts can't "get its act together" - JavaPro > > > I found this announcement today on JavaPro's August Issue > online "In Brief" > site: > http://www.ftponline.com/javapro/2003_08/magazine/departments/ > inbrief/default.asp > > The blurb: > Developer Tools > TurboM2 > Tired of waiting for The Apache Group to get its act together > with the > Struts initiative, Virtuas has launched a framework of its > own. Virtuas > released TurboM2 previously under the name Web Application > Model (WAM). > Since then, the company decided to alter the product to > perform many of the > features Struts offers, and like Struts will be released > under the open > source model. > > There's more, but on casual inspection it appears that > JavaPro has simply > regurgitated some marketing poo from Virtuas intended to convey the > impression that Struts is in a funk and not moving forward. > (so one should > naturally move to Virtuas' TurboM2 product) > > Upon casual inspection it appears that TurboM2 is a fairly > direct clone of > Struts. On of Virtuas' value-added claims is that TurboM2 has > available > support and training that Struts does not. > > Links: > Virtuas TurboM2: http://www.turbom2.org/index.html > Struts/TurboM2 comparison: http://www.turbom2.org/docs/Comparison.pdf > > The part that disturbs me is JavaPro's presenting this whole > pile as if it > were truth. Someone reading this article could well be > persuaded that yes, > indeed, Struts is in trouble and they should look elsewhere. > I've been less > than impressed with JavaPro's content for some time, and this > erodes my > confidence in their editorial control and knowledge of the > Java world even > further. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
