--- Bjørn T Johansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So the conclusion would be that BEA isn't worth the cost... > > And since I am used to using opensource, including Tomcat, then Tomcat seems to be > the > right way to go... (and maybe JBoss if we get that far...) > > Thanks for your replies... :) > > > BTJ > > Shapira, Yoav wrote: > > Hi, > > I would add a couple of minor points, as others have already covered the main ones. > > > > You say you're only using Weblogic's JSP container. Tomcat's JSP container (known > > as Jasper) > is used not only by Tomcat, but by JBoss, JonAS, IBM's Websphere, and a number of > other > commercial products. So by switching, you not only get a free solution (BEA is > $$$$$ as others > have noted), but one that's used by a huge customer base and with many support > options. > > > > As QM noted, there's no official professional services provider for Tomcat, or > > Apache in > general. The ASF cannot sanction such an "official" provider because of its legal > formulation. > However, there are a number of support companies which will do Apache, Tomcat, and > Jasper. Some > of them, such as Covalent, have an excellent track record, numerous Fortune 1000 > customers, and > 24x7 support. That should be sufficient to CYA for management, which as someone > mentioned is > always a consideration. > > > > Yoav Shapira > > Millennium Research Informatics > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Bjørn T Johansen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 7:32 PM > >>To: Tomcat Users List > >>Subject: Tomcat vs BEA Weblogic? > >> > >>I am taking over a project that's running on Weblogic 8.1 SP3 today.. They > >>are only using > >>the jsp-container and it is time to renew the support agreement with BEA. > >>So I was just wondering, is it worth it? Or is Tomcat as good as WL or > >>maybe better? Does > >>WL have features that is missing in Tomcat? When the time comes to use EJB, > >>is JBoss as > >>good as/better than WL? > >> > >>So basically, I would like some advice on why I should/shouldn't continue > >>with Weblogic? :) > >> > >> > >> > >>Regards, > >> > >>BTJ > >>-- > >>--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>-------------------- > >>Bjørn T Johansen > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >>--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>-------------------- > >>Someone wrote: > >>"I understand that if you play a Windows CD backwards you hear strange > >>Satanic messages" > >>To which someone replied: > >>"It's even worse than that; play it forwards and it installs Windows" > >>--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>-------------------- > >> > >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business communication, > > and may > contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. This > e-mail is > intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be saved, > copied, > printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) intended > recipient, please > immediately delete this e-mail from your computer system and notify the sender. > Thank you. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
We are also looking to migrate all our apps from weblogic to tomcat. When you look at the "real world" TCO, tomcat is defintely the way to go. If you need better performance just scale out behind an IP load balancer or use Tomcat clustering. Our main reason was BEA's Nazi licensing practices, development license costs, support costs, etc.... We are now down to only 1 app that use EJB's and it is getting ready to be decommisioned. I am also damn impressed in how far the Tomcat project has come in the recent years. Support for tomcat is as good if not better than BEA's support for weblogic, it best of all it's free. As far as JBoss goes, I heard a nasty rumor that JBoss might not be around much longer. -rhugga --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
