Nic >From an operations perspective, I happen to like the "ear" files. In a shop running 30-40 distinct J2EE (WebSphere)applications in three "clustered" environments (test, qa, prod), ear files are much easier to version, track, and deploy/distribute than what we used to have to manage prior to their existence. Yes, it can be a pain to assemble your first ear file, but you generally script it as part of your application build process.
John Zerbe -----Original Message----- From: A mailing list for discussion about Sun Microsystem's Java Servlet API Technology. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Nic Ferrier Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 6:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: (New subscriber) "Busy Page" =?iso-8859-1?Q?Endre_St=F8lsvik?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 11 Oct 2004, Paul Copeland wrote: > > | > | It is a common misunderstanding that Enterprise Java == EJB - that is > | incorrect > > That is mostly correct, actually. At least it is such a -common- > misunderstanding that talking about it otherwise is just plain > non-interesting. > > J2EE is to most people when you use a Enterprise Bean Container, thus > EJBs. Without that massive thing, you don't have -any- of the hassle that > J2EE stands for. J2EE is when you use the full EAR-filetype. I agree. This is what people "think it is" so it's what it is. Whatever Sun's marketing people actually say. Does anyone actually like ear's btw? Whenever I've built an ear it's always been a giant pain. This is another symptom of Java's divorce from the operating system. Nic ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html The information contained in this e-mail may be confidential and is intended solely for the use of the named addressee. Access, copying or re-use of the e-mail or any information contained therein by any other person is not authorized. If you are not the intended recipient please notify us immediately by returning the e-mail to the originator.(A) ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html