At 12:42 AM -0800 3/10/99, Andy McLeod wrote:
>I'm amazed no one has mentioned servlet technology as a "cheap"
>alternative to WO. The standard servlet interface is supported on any
>decent web server on any decent platform (we use JRun Pro on NT) and there
>are loads of Java frameworks for databases that are comparable (IMHO) to
>WebObjects, from "entry level" stuff up to full-blown stuff (anyone looked
>seriously at Enterprise JavaBeans?). You pay for only what you want.
>(Indeed we have built our own WO-like Java classes for entry level
>database handling stuff so all we pay for 500 bucks for JRun.)
>
>Where WO is still better is in application deployment and management [at
>least when Monitor doesn't crash ;-) ] - it does seem to stay up longer.
Well... that's the whole issue, isn't it?
Does one want their http server to be managing the servlet, etc? Does one
just want to execute some java code?
Or... does one want an application server which is managing the caching of
your objects, database pooling, multi-languages, etc?
That's the real difference going with just a single fire off mechanism for
a servlet versus an application server.
The differences are vast and is a serious issue for a large scale site.
mark
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