> I can hear from Vince all day long how much better .NET is > than Java on Windows, but if it were so horrible why are > there so many applications that use J2EE on Windows?
I suspect this has more to do with existing preferences, existing investments, and inertia than anything else. People use Windows, Java, or any other product for a variety of reasons. > What platform is the best in running a J2EE server? Sun > Solaris? OSX? Linux? I think that Solaris and Linux are both better J2EE platforms than Windows for a variety of reasons. I do think that Windows is adequate for most J2EE applications, though. > The Java version of ColdFusion is run on plenty of big > business servers and until I see some kind of research > showing me hard number differences between these applications > then I will continue to have my opinion that "The only reason > I can see a company moving to BlueDragon .NET is to > transition completely to .NET and away from CF." Why is it so hard for you to believe that, for some people, the advantages of .NET over Java on Windows combined with the simplicity of CFML development aren't compelling enough to buy BlueDragon.NET? After all, there are some advantages of .NET over Java on Windows - you'd be foolish to deny that - and there are obvious development advantages to writing CFML over C# or VB.NET. For most projects I work with, the advantages of .NET over Java on Windows are outweighed by the CF 7 feature set and the ability to easily migrate to non-Windows platforms in the future, but at least I can acknowledge that others may have different priorities. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/message.cfm/forumid:4/messageid:246004 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
