Actually Peter, it isn't "my" site. I have nothing to do with the external site. My stuff is internal. But you'll be pleased to know that Websphere is almost certainly in our future.
So to close my side of this thread, let me say this: Websphere is an n-tier model which separates the jsp based web server (modified to the point of being proprietary), the application server, and the database (even when they are on the same machine). It's an "integrated" modular solution. Its supposed advantage is the modularity of code offered in J2EE. A single Object with name, address, phone number and e-mail isn't as good as 4 separate Objects because a particular task may only need 2 of the objects. Theoretically, such modules make it cheaper to redo just the affected modules when business rules change. Or make it faster and cheaper to assemble entire new applications, applets, or servlets from the library. The cost of upgrading Websphere, however, will mitigate any financial advantages of modularization (the upgrade from 3.5 to 4.x requires extensive recoding to take advantage of enterprise beans). To me, this is neither a cheap solution nor particularly efficient. It's a WYSIWYG solution tied to a single vendor with all the problems that entails. It is the antithesis of Open Source. andy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 4:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [wdvltalk] RE: [WEB] Any handy solution to embed fonts into HTML pages regardless of the visitors' browsers My point was "exactly" to prove you that old cgi-bin (as I saw on your site) way is archaic, inefficient, highly expensive (I suppose .gov cares less about taxpayers money) approach to create any Web presence. I hoped that a simple example with fonts will give you the pportunity to look around and find out that there are very good advanced technologies around and unused by you (you as a group). Some of you tried to focus this discussion around fonts. It was not my goal, and I apologized for using this thread to convey more general point. I think I overestimated my ability to prove you anything. Too bad.... Peter. >Peter, your point is what exactly? > __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ ____ * The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM * ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
