[Resin-interest] Websphere?

2008-06-27 Thread Haluk AKIN
Hi, We are evaluating to switch our website from Resin to Websphere. I would appreciate if you could guide me to some comparisons between these two. Personal thoughts are welcome as well. Thanks, Haluk Akin ___ resin-interest mailing list

Re: [Resin-interest] Websphere?

2008-06-27 Thread Eric Kreiser
Why are you looking to switch off of Resin? Personal thoughts... I have been using resin for years... I have had very few issues with it... it performs well... it is easy to setup and manage... it does everything I need from an app server... Haluk AKIN wrote: Hi, We are evaluating to

Re: [Resin-interest] Websphere?

2008-06-27 Thread Mica Cooper
I switched several users of Webshpere over to Resin and never looked back. I would guess whatever your business reasons are for the change, they are not valid. It has also been my experience that Resin is faster, lighter, easier to manage, and Scott Ferguson as good as anyone left at the sinking

Re: [Resin-interest] Websphere?

2008-06-27 Thread Haluk AKIN
Thank you for your reply Eric. We were told that websphere has a better performance compared to Resin. I'm trying to find out if that is true. We have also switched to DB2 recently. So maybe it is possible IBM software could work better with IBM database? Thanks, Haluk _ From:

Re: [Resin-interest] Websphere?

2008-06-27 Thread Scott Ferguson
On Jun 27, 2008, at 9:28 AM, Haluk AKIN wrote: Thank you for your reply Eric. We were told that websphere has a better performance compared to Resin. I'm trying to find out if that is true. That would be very surprising. We just had someone switch from Websphere to Resin and were

Re: [Resin-interest] Websphere?

2008-06-27 Thread Jose Quinteiro
Websphere = IBM. Weblogic = BEA. Confusing, ain't it? I switched the company I was working for from Websphere to Resin back in 2001. Websphere was an absolute nightmare to install back then, and we noticed no performance difference. Resin has changed a lot since then. I'm sure Websphere has

Re: [Resin-interest] Websphere?

2008-06-27 Thread Eric Kreiser
even *IF *that were true (which I doubt) there is more to choosing app server. do you really want to go with the company that designed java's date handling API's Haluk AKIN wrote: Thank you for your reply Eric. We were told that websphere has a better performance compared to Resin.

Re: [Resin-interest] Websphere?

2008-06-27 Thread Aaron Freeman
Hahaha, I am still laughing at that. By the same logic, his company should swap out all servers and personal computers to OS/2 as well. Seriously though Haluk, give us some specific points other than database connectivity that would lead you to consider switching so we have something to

Re: [Resin-interest] Websphere?

2008-06-27 Thread Brian Parkinson
I also found this hilarious. Again, just personal opinion, but I'd far far far far far far rather work with Resin than Web*. parki... From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Freeman Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 3:01 PM To:

Re: [Resin-interest] Websphere?

2008-06-27 Thread Rob Lockstone
Who told you? IBM? Please do everyone a favor and never patronize IBM for anything, ever. IBM is a company which no longer deserves to exist. Although not directly relevant, please see this excellent article on I, Cringely about IBM. I can speak from personal experience that everything