RE: Java vs .NET was: RPGIII compiler vs Visual Basic

>Personally, I could not possibly care less about how many Windows
>desktops exist when I'm talking about business logic servers.  

Neither could I. I'm not talking about desktops, never mentioned
desktops, and don't count desktops. There should be no confusion there.
I'm talking servers, just like you. 

>I'm talking about database servers and in that space...

Thought you were talking about "business logic servers", not database
servers. Again, you're missing my point, or perhaps I'm not being clear
enough. Steve brought up the question of Java vs. .NET. Now, unless I've
missed something really big, neither one is a database server. Your data
is in a database server, your apps are written in Java or .NET (or RPG
or Cobol, etc.) so unless you have stored procs emitting HTML, I think
the database server isn't really in the conversation here. If you want
to start another thread about the pros and cons of DB2 vs. Oracle vs.
SQLServer vs. DB2/400, feel free.

In the business logic server space (that thing between the client and
the database) I prefer .NET, others prefer Java and IMHO, both are
capable of delivering production apps. Simple, no?

-Walden

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