Re: Does there need to be a default web container?

[Panagiotis Astithas]

Jeff Genender wrote:


Joe Bohn wrote:

I agree with Aaron with regard to usability.   Users don't want to 
have to make any decisions on the first install (especially when they 
first pick it up for evaluation).  My mom doesn't install anything on 
her computer unless she can click, click, click and get it working.  I 
know our users are more sophisticated than her  ... but we want to 
make it as easy as possibly to get something working quickly.  We want 
to make this easy enough for my mom to install (even though she never 
will).  :-)


So you think your average Geronimo user will have no idea what a web 
container is?

I think this is the root of your miscommunication/disagreement: the 
decision to choose a web container has to stem not only from an 
understanding of what a web container is, but also from an evaluation of 
the relative merits of both. That is, Joe User may know from Servlets 
101 what a web container provides, but he may not be aware of what this 
choice entails. Of course such worries could be mitigated by a blurb in 
this particular installer page that mentions that both are OK, etc.

In the end, I think that not having a default choice (whatever that may 
be) is a rather loud acknowledgment of a fear to have the debate and 
make a choice :-)


Cheers,
Panagiotis