perhaps sun should make it more clear that petshop is not a benchmark and is instead a multi-faceted example of the possibilities offered by j2ee. i suppose they could rework it and create a benchmark out of it...
microsoft is obviously misusing it...and that is possibly what they do best (and are 'doing right'), spread FUD. matt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 2:52 AM Subject: Re: [OT] MS makes a better PetShop... > on 10/31/01 5:41 PM, "horwat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The J2EE PetStore application was created as an educational tool to showcase > > features available in a J2EE architecture. True, it has many more EJB's then > > required in a normal application but these EJB's are meant to be examples of > > how the technology can be used. PetStore shows by example various design > > patterns and is not meant to be a benchmarked application. > > > > Microsoft is really missing the point in their benchmark. In their port they > > don't have a middle tier. They are really missing the meat of the > > architecture and essentially have a database accessible through webpages. It > > is this middle tier, through the use of EJBs, that allows pluggability and > > reusability of business logic. > > > > It is quite telling that Microsoft targeted a strawman, non-optimized, > > education focused application instead of an official J2EE benchmark like > > ECPerf. > > > > Justy > > Why can't anyone learn that providing crummy examples only encourages people > to create crummy applications? Most of the people out there probably try to > copy/paste as much code as they can from samples like the PetStore. People > who are even looking at it in the first place are looking at it as the 'Sun > approved' way of creating applications. > > If you are really trying to educate people how to use various design > patterns, then why not show them the right way in the first place? > > Am I the only one who sees the hypocrisy in all of this? > > p.s. Sun's stock price is flying at a whopping 10.84. M$ must be doing > something right (at 61.84). > > -jon > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
