> using it for some apps, but we might switch to JBoss. Part of
> my research is to check whether all of our business apps will
> run on Tomcat alone.
I don't think that JBoss provides its own servlet container, so you'd have
to use Tomcat or Jetty or the like with it.
> But I still have the same question. I am looking for a common
> application server for our apps. One of our applications
> doesn't support JRun but does support Tomcat. Of course, CFMX
> isn't officially supported on Tomcat or JBoss.
>
> So would you chop Tomcat, JBoss, and JRun off the list
> because at least one of the apps isn't supported on each of
> them? Then I am left with Weblogic and Websphere, two very
> capable products, but also the most expensive of the lot. I
> can can deal with the cost, but if I could get by with
> freeware rather than shelling out potentially six figures in
> licensing costs for all of our server infrastructure, I have
> to consider the option.
I would recommend that you either try running your Tomcat application on
JRun - for most standard Java web apps, it should run without any problem -
or keep Tomcat around just for that one application.
Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
http://www.figleaf.com/
phone: 202-797-5496
fax: 202-797-5444
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