The fact is that some people say JSF is great and some say it sucks. Some of those without much love for it are people who know what they are talking about. I don't know anyone without a stake and who has huge standing in the community that talks up JSF. If there is, then that would be good to know.
This much I do know, JSF is never going to meet my needs and I see it as old, not new. Jack On Apr 1, 2005 12:48 PM, Frank W. Zammetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Craig McClanahan wrote: > > Feel free to continue using Struts, however, if that floats *your* boat. > > It's not really as simple as that though, is it Craig? > > You have a great deal of sway, your opinion carries a lot of weight. > You have earned that without question. So by you making proclamations, > even if veiled proclamations, people are going to listen and form a > conclusion on what you are *really* telling them. Their conclusion may > be wrong, but it will have an impact on them none the less. As someone > else said, the easy (and I think obvious) conclusion is that Struts is > nearing an end, JSF is what we should be doing. > > I think there is little question that you have taken every opportunity > to tell everyone that JSF is in fact "the future". There is no doubt in > my mind that you actually believe that. And I'm not about to say you > won't wind up being right! Time will tell. > > But, you do work for a company with a profit motive in JSF... How could > that NOT put some doubt in peoples' minds? Are we being lead down a > path that might not actually be the best technically, because their is > profit in it for someone? I don't know, and it worries me, especially > when one of the big proponents of said path is someone I very much > respect and listen to. But then there's the rub, right? Am I making my > decision based on a reasoned examination of the solution being offered, > or because I trust the person delivering the message? > > This is the problem with JSF at this juncture... It isn't just a project > released to the world that takes hold, as Struts was. JSF is something > sponsored and pushed as a standard by a company that is in business to > make money, and by a person who works for that company, among others. > There HAS to be some doubt there, doesn't there? > > Am I alone in this thinking? If so I'll be happy to shut up and just > see how it all goes, but I have to think I'm not the only one... > > -- > Frank W. Zammetti > Founder and Chief Software Architect > Omnytex Technologies > http://www.omnytex.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- "You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it float on its back." ~Dakota Jack~ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
