I agree with you. Sun better finalize the spec. soon. 1.0 does not have to be
perfect, flexible
or complete. Just provide the basic functionality so that developers can go their
managers and
convince them to use JSP instead of always bumping in the argument that JSP is
not finalized
yet!
regards
-Hisham
Ben Engber wrote:
> > There are at least three commercial implementations of JSP. JRun,
> >ServletExec, and WebSphere. All three of them provide excellent support if
> >there is a problem and rarely (not "usually") use the excuse that "it has
> >not been finalized
> > yet!" All three provide support for the 0.91 spec, and some (such
> >as JRun) are providing 0.92 support as well. The implementations are robust
> >and very usable. The JSP is portable between the platforms (as long as you
> >stick to the 0.91 spec) The tech support from all three platforms is
> >decent. It's not always great, but it's there.
>
> This may be true, but the response I get from Weblogic tech support is
> always "We're not going to start supporting JSP until the 1.0 spec is out".
> And GNUJSP will stay at 0.91 until the final spec is out. And Netscape
> has (at times) given the same answer. Who knows what other vendors
> (NetDynamics?) are doing?
>
> The fact of the matter is that virtually all application server vendors are
> "committed" to supporting JSP, but few currently support it. And when it
> comes down to making a decision on an appserver, current JSP support is not
> going to be a primary criterion (instead will be issues like scalability,
> failover, distributed computing model, etc).
>
> By delaying the 1.0 spec, Sun has kept major appserver vendors from
> offering support, and kept developers from moving beyond the prototype stage.
>
> Hell, they could release 0.91 again and call it 1.0, I don't care. They
> just need to release something.
>
> -Ben
>
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