I did some nosing around and, in other sources, I found indications that the
API and Studio won't change much at all other than the addition of C++
support. It seemed that they are going to take the studio and api from ND
and stitch it onto the DB connectivity chunk of NAS which should yield a
more fault tolerant server.
All of the work I do is within the studio. I generate most of my
applications with the studio wizards and add only a smattering of java code
in the ND events where needed. I have never linked to any outside resource.
No beans of any sort, no java applets, all user interfaces are purely html.
The only javascript I have ever used is to get a page to redisplay itself
every 30 seconds (of course that page attached to 17 servers and made 4
queries to each one). All of my applications are intranet and there are
about 70 of them.
Can anybody tell me what all of this means to me? Am I looking at another
rewrite? I am about to embark on a conversion to ND 5.0. I very much want
the shorter response time promised by 5.0. I am not sure what to do. I am
thinking that I should go ahead and go to 5.0 and then wait for version,
say, 2.1 of the combined server when they have all of the bugs ironed out.
many thanks,
Roger Feeley
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> I don't get it. 100's of companies throw tens of thousands of pounds down
the hole on the strength of a few promises from Sun
> only to find they're planning to dump the product ASAP and
> you find it funny?
> Now that I think about it...
>
> NaySayer
>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> >HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
> >
> >Try http://www.allaire.com
> >
> >Asif
> >
> >
> >Kevin Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>Can someone from SUN or NetDynamics please confirm or deny the
> >>following. I don't know where it came from, but presumably
> >>it is a newsflash thing from gartner. PLEASE tell me it is all
> >>rumour or I am going to rip my hair out!
> >>
> >>Kevin
> >>(Views are solely mine, and nothing to do with my company)
> >>---------
> >>
> >> Sun-Netscape Alliance Cuts the Application Server Knot
> >>
> >> EVENT: At a recent briefing, the Sun-Netscape Alliance described
its
> >> technology and marketing plans regarding the future of both Sun
> >> Microsystems' NetDynamics Application Server (ND) and America
Online's
> >> Netscape Application Server (NAS).
> >>
> >> ANALYSIS: Ever since the announcement of Sun's near-acquisition of
> >> Netscape's enterprise software, the question of the future of ND
and
> >> NAS remained unanswered, slowing down the momentum of both
> >> products. Although details of the future software releases remain
to
> >> be set, the Alliance has made some fundamental decisions. It will
> >> first target the systematic market, delivering the new "Alliance
> >> Application Server" (planned for 1Q00), including:
> >>
> >> -The core middleware engine of NAS with
> >> availability enhancements
> >>
> >> -New Java2 Enterprise Edition programming model
> >>
> >> -ND CORBA-based connectivity and legacy integration
> >> adapters
> >>
> >> -NAS-based C++ support
> >>
> >> NAS technology is the cornerstone of the Alliance's systematic
> >> platform middleware strategy. (The opportunistic platform remains
> >> under wraps, pending plans on the Alliance's new development
> >> platform.) Although the Alliance will maintain the current
proprietary
> >> ND and NAS APIs, ND APIs will not be further enhanced, turning into
> >> instant legacy. With this
> >> difficult decision, Sun begins to assert its leadership in the
> >> Alliance. Success of the Alliance will depend on its continued
ability
> >> to make and enforce strong, and internally unifying decisions.
> >>
> >> RECOMMENDATION: Enterprises looking for a Web application server
with
> >> advanced mainframe-grade characteristics in 1999 should consider
NAS
> >> as a viable contender. Current high-volume users of NAS should
continue
> >> to use NAS, but should closely watch the Alliance's
> >> execution. NAS users interested in Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB)
should
> >> not expect a proven product based on NAS engine until 3Q00, and
should
> >> either wait or evaluate other EJB products, including ND. Those
using
> >> ND should begin the transition toward EJB. Enterprises looking for
the
> >> leading ease-of-use application platform should, for now, consider
> >> looking elsewhere.
> >>
> >> SERVICES: Application Integration and Middleware Strategies, and
> >> Internet Strategies
> >> ANALYSTS: Yefim Natis and David Smith
> >>
> >
>
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