Keith Donald is a software consultant, mentor, and Java application developer for Interface21, Limited. He's been a believer in The Spring Framework since he started leveraging it in real projects in July 2003.
By now you've probably either heard about or read the analyst report from the
Burton Group entitled "J2EE in Jeopardy."
In summary, the claim is J2EE as a standard is in danger due to several
market forces: Market commoditization: Open source players like Apache,
JBoss, and ObjectWeb are commoditizing the platform, making it harder for
vendors to profit from J2EE server licenses. If vendors can't make money on
J2EE, they won't want to continue to invest in the specification.
"Disruptive" technologies: In the last year the complexity of J2EE's
programming model - EJB - has been challenged. Simpler, more productive
models have emerged from within the open source community and have garnered
widespread acceptance in a short time. Credited innovators here include the
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Keith Donald is a software consultant, mentor, and Java application developer for Interface21, Limited. He's been a believer in The Spring Framework since he started leveraging it in real projects in July 2003.
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