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Java EE 5 Development Waiting on Vendors
twofish writes "Java EE 5 was a major update and most of the major application server vendors
do not yet have compliant versions released. Dr.
Dobb's reports that this is delaying most solution providers from developing
products based on it, as their customers are not ready for them. However there
is some significant movement among the big players. Among the major vendors,
Sun has released support, WebLogic is close with JBoss following soon after.
Oracle has not announced a road map and IBM is lagging significantly behind,
with full support not due until 2008."
Microsoft gets to chip away until 2008, as IBM does it again, and again.......nothing, until the time is past. When was the last time these guys stepped up ? Then there is Oracle...gads..when Microsoft finally gets SQLServer up to speed (and they will...they have a 20 year history of turning crap into gold)...Oracle is going to be standing out in the weeds wondering what the hell happened, let us just hope they are just keeping cards close. I'm not much of a Java fan...love the design...but having to trust IBM and Oracle to keep up is a major problem, without them showing REAL plans: I am left with Sun driving the bus ?...Sun ? Sun is like most hard-core geeks, Gods of design and creative thinking, but no social skills, none, don't have 'em, never will. Without IBM and Oracle covering Sun on the front side......well we all know what can happen when you let geeks (and I am one) run free, then don't execute on what they make....the other guy's geeks get their stuff out first. I mean really...STEP UP MORONS. Be Bold and Mighty Forces shall come to your aid. Clue Bus.
Live up to the facts. Java will never get off the ground. No one wants to adopt it. No one has, and no one will. Why they ever bother posting an actual real, live article on Java gets me. Whatever man! Don't do Java...it's BAD.