James Morris wrote:
>
> >From http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20010822S0001
> Confusion over the appropriate use of the software needed to
> power Web applications has led many companies to bypass
> low-end application servers that meet most requirements and
> cost 10 times less than the high-end products, Gartner says.
> In the last three years, the cheaper models were sufficient for
> 80% of the projects in a typical midsize company, yet 60% of
> the deployments were high-end.
> One can only imagine how much money has then been wasted on consulting
> and support fees for said products.
> I suspect this partly explains why companies have been burning so much
> cash on Web sites over the last few years.
I've seen situations where consulting fees for Java-based services
ran into $500/hr.
Also, I often find it difficult to perceive much of a difference
between a $5000 web site and a $500,000 web site, except that the latter
often throw up client-side Java apps, Flash plugins and copious amounts
of buggy Javascript.
The early web industry will be remembered in the history books as the
snake-oil phase during the development of online digital technology.
> Unsurprisingly, there was no mention of the dozens of application servers
> which are available at no cost, and are quite often far superior to
> commercial equivalents at every level.
The article mentions some low-end commerical apps, but fails to
mention the Apache web server (and its many, many different incarnations),
which is free, open source and hogs about 60% of the web server
market. The article also fails to point out that the WebSphere
application they do mention is based on Apache. Ignorant research.
Continuing in the vein of deafening silence about anything
non-commercial, I suppose.
Cheers
RickW
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