> > > > What that ended up doing is having my group, i.e. server operations, > > treating the application installed on a dedicated server as if it was a > > vendor supplied blackbox, i.e. an appliance.
The right decission in most cases indeed. Welcome to classloader and jar hell. Best is to just use mod_proxy (when using Apache httpd) in front of these blackboxes to get a "one" system feel. > Dare I repeat the old adage? Java: write once, debug everywhere. Write once is still the truth. Progress, bad programming (eg not being binary compatible in new releases) and not keeping up-to-date with dependencies as a programmer results in debug everywhere (this aside from finding bugs) -- Mvgr, Martin
