RE: 9iAS vs. Weblogic and Websphere

Ryan

        I'm no Java expert and am willing to be corrected. My understanding is that Apache is just a web page server. The better comparison is between Tomcat and 9iAS. Since most web hits are for just static pages, you may even chose to have Apache front-end your 9iAS. Over Tomcat, 9iAS is J2EE compliant. Also more scalability. And if your company isn't ready for open source, 9iAS offers a big vendor to yell at.

Dennis Williams
DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Ryan [mailto:rgaffuri_at_cox.net]
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 9:29 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Re: 9iAS vs. Weblogic and Websphere

what functionality does 9iAS give you over just running apache? ----- Original Message -----
To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 9:59 AM

> Ryan
> My impression is that 9iAS probably has the best database interface.
The
> others look pretty primitive in comparison, basically just JDBC when you
get
> to the bottom. Also, note that Oracle is currently running a special to
lure
> WebLogic and Websphere users away. I think in this confusing, evolving
> market for application servers, a lot depends on your company's approach.
If
> your company is highly committed to Oracle, then 9iAS is the logical
choice.
> If you are highly committed to IBM, then Websphere is the logical choice.
In
> our case we had to persuade people to move away from MS, and the argument
> was that you wouldn't be locked into one vendor, so the tendency has been
to
> avoid Oracle for the non-DB pieces. I think the enterprise-scale AS are so
> complex that it is hard to compare feature-for-feature.
>
> Dennis Williams
> DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA
> Lifetouch, Inc.
> dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 10:54 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> I havent dug into 9iAS yet, but I want to learn atleast one of the major
web
> servers. It appears that WebLogic and Websphere dominate the market. It
also
> appears that 9iAS is tedious and has a poor design relative to these other
> two.
>
> What do you think? How different are the webservers? If I pick up one,
does
> it translate?
>
> Also, what functionality does 9iAS add that Apache does not have in and of
> itself? I was able to run 9i Forms with just apache and OC4J?
>
> Ryan
>
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