For my $0.02, I can say that a lot of people are probably pulling out of
J2EE, but not because of any techno-flaw.
My company often picks up the projects of companies who at inception said
"Oh no, our in-house Java team can handle this." Only they discover later on
that they've made all the mistakes we told them they would and they are up
the creek without a paddle! Then... who do they call? :-)
The trouble is that many companies employ Java developers who can barely
string a piece of code together. Add to this J2EE and they start gibbering
in the corner! A lot of Java people are self-taught or converters from some
older language like COBOL. I mean no disrespect, but often this doesn't turn
out the best Java programmers.
Don't be put off by these reports. My company has just implemented
Scotland's largest ever e-commerce start-up based entirely on J2EE
technology. We used Inprise Application Server with an ObjectStore db. This
site is running and the customers are very happy. I personally implemented a
CRM system for the site using EJB.
Without trying to put people off jBoss, if you want a commercial but cheap
J2EE server, check out Orion at www.orionserver.com with reviews at
theserverside.com. Where Weblogic costs about $40000 per node, Orion costs
$4500 per node - a huge difference. According to independent benchmarks,
it's the fastest J2EE server around at the moment. It was easy to set up and
worked quickly. I mention it only because if your company wants a commercial
product, but not the huge costs, it may be your ideal solution.
Peter.
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