Simon Blake wrote:
>
> Given that I feel so strongly about Entity Beans being a colossal waste of
> time, I can't go away with a clear conscience without responding to your
> message.
> <snip>
>That said (IMHO of course), your points.
> <snip>
I can't help wishing that you would express your "humble" opinions more
temperately! Perhaps then you would also notice that you don't provide anything
but "opinions". Pejorative expressions like those littering your post are a sure
sign of a weak argument.
> <snip>
>
> > 2. Locking model -
> > a. pessimistic
>
> A generally looney idea IMHO - applications do not scale with pessimistic
> locking, we know this from basic Client/Server principles.
You may "know" this but I don't. Traditional transaction processing systems
typically use pessimistic locking and they scale, far better that client-server
systems, by keeping transactions short.
Ian McCallion
Alexis Systems Limited
Romsey, UK
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