Re: Lemeiux ... Jordan(?) ... Schenck(!!!)

[jkrueger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

>> If I may ask another question,,,

>> what do you guys make of the following...

>> WEB FEATURE: IBM SUNSETS WEBSPHERE STANDARD EDITION
>> http://www.as400network.com/nwn/story.cfm?ID=10428


>> If I were to develop shareware / cheap utilities,
>> this would surely limit the potential customer base if I used Java ???
>> Do you see it going thru ???

It will only limit the potential customer base if Tomcat doesn't materialize; as
long as Rochester follows through with the plan to provide Tomcat as a free
operating system feature, then there shouldn't be any impact at all.  In fact,
code tied to Apache should be somewhat more portable than code tied to
WebSphere...

The bigger question in my mind is how this change would support IBM's goal of
taking over the middleware market with WebSphere -- the elimination of standard
edition would seem to elevate WebSphere into the realm of being only a solution
for the 'elite'...

Janet Krueger
Andrews Consulting Group


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