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

....just when you thought it was safe to go outside again...:)




On Wed, 6 Jun 2001 jkrueger@andrewscg.com wrote:

> >> For everybody else,  what in essence did the article say that had you
> concerned?
> 
> IBM has created much confusion with WebSphere by delivering parts of the 
>product
> set with OS/400, and offering other parts only to those willing to pay for it.
> WebSphere Standard edition, which is what is needed to support and run Java
> Servlets and JSPs (Java Server Pages), has been a no-charge feature of OS/400,
> while WebSphere Enterprise edition, with additional bells and whistles,
> including support for EJBs (Enterprise Java Beans) requires a substatial
> payment.
> 
> The concerning news is that after V5R1, IBM plans to solve the problem by
> eliminating the standard edition.
> 
> The mitigating news is that IBM has announced an intention (NOT a done deed) 
>to
> offer Tomcat, Apache Foundation
,s open-source Java 2 Enterprise Edition 
>(J2EE)
> platform, as a free add-on to OS/400. Or they may create another cheap
> derivative of WebSphere.
> 
> Janet Krueger
> Andrews Consulting Group
> 
> 
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