Bruce:
Both ColdFusion and JRun are primarily used to access a database. Usually an existing
database. So to make them really useful an ISP would also have to support the common
database servers plus an assortment of drivers.
This would require a much greater investment in configuration work and license fees
than most ISPs are accustomed to. If you're seeing ASP supported by ISPs it's only
because its free.
On the development side, while ColdFusion has a relatively short learning curve java
certainly does not. If you've already invested a lot of time developing a database and
a web application the hardware required to run it doesn't look that expensive, so why
not do it yourself so you can have full control of the configuration?
Of course this makes it difficult to learn a new development tool on the cheap. But my
experience with ColdFusion and JRun is that the resulting application will work
reliably. I've not had the same experience with ASP.
Mike Farin
CyFi Services
On Sat, 07 October 2000, Bruce Altner wrote:
>
> Greetings:
>
> I've spent the better part of a day searching the Web for web hosting
> services that support both ColdFusion and JRun (or any servlet engine for
> that matter) and am coming up with a very small number...even among Allaire
> partners.
>
> This surprises me somewhat. Despite all the activity on the server-side
> Java front on the Web among developers (such as this list), among
> publishers and among training companies such as LearningTree, the
> technology has just not caught on in the marketplace yet. Maybe I should be
> concentrating on the new and improved ASP instead of JSP if I want develop
> marketable skills. Or is it just that the technology is too immature at
> this point.
>
> Thnaks,
> Bruce Altner
>
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