Jon Stevens wrote:
> on 10/10/2000 3:01 PM, "Robert Burrell Donkin"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > That is the question...
> >
> > I'm sort of interested in the general achetecture. It seems to me that EJB
> > might be a technology which could be leveraged to
> > implement but I have a feeling that EJB archetectures lend themselves to
> > 'deeper' middle-tiers rather than flatter ones.
> > (Still, I don't claim to be an EJB expert, so hopefully if I'am wrong some one
> > will correct me.) You need a declarative
> > system - one where you can concisely specify the tables-structure you'll be
> > running against. The table-structure (at least
> > for the types of application I'm talking about) should to certain extend
> > specify the structure of the data to be posted.
> >
> > I had the intention of looking into some more concrete stuff about this but
> > (due to circumstances I don't want to go into) I
> > don't think I'll have the time to do so anytime soon.
> >
> > I am still interested in archetecture questions but I can't claim to have any
> > concreate answers...just questions...
> >
> > robert
>
> EJB is like XML...a big fat buzzword that people try to throw at any
> solution without really analyzing *why*. I wonder how many people have
> purchased an EJB server from one of the big companies and then figured out
> that not only was it to much trouble to use, but also was the wrong solution
> to the problem. I bet you that it is quite a lot.
>
There are certainly a very large number of large EJB projects launching at a the
moment in the uk. We'll probably find out when everything shakes out in two years
time how much money has been wasted...
I've sort of observed that really it's working out the right solution is the key.
There are times when it make sense to use even a badly-matched technology -
providing that you can extend it in the direction you want. (Yep - we're back at
open technologies again) Sometimes I wish that people would factor that into the
equation.
robert
>
> :-(
>
> -jon
>
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