Sensis.com.au use Struts ... :) On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 14:02:51 -0800, Craig McClanahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 11:29:59 -0500, Ted Husted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The lead system architect for one of the world's largest banks told me that > > he uses the "bookstore test". If he can walk into a bookstore and find > > several books on a technology, then he knows it has arrived. Why? Because > > the publishers take their work *very* seriously. They talk directly to > > people in the industry who are making the decisions and using the > > technology. And, if one book doesn't make money, competitors aren't going > > to print 18 more. :) If you ask publishers, they will tell you that most > > people don't buy technical books because they are curious about a > > technology, they buy books because they need to use a technology. > > FWIW, the online backing app for the bank operating my personal > checking account uses Struts ... talk about putting your money where > your mouth is :-). When I was in Brazil a couple of months ago, I got > a chance to visit the company that processes basically all ATM > transactions for the country, and saw them demonstrate to me what has > to be one of the larger Struts applications in the world (many > hundreds of pages). > > To say nothing of the very wide variety of Fortune 500 IT managers > that have thanked me personally for making Struts available for their > IT departments. > > Or the fact that virtually every development tool either features its > Struts support or has plugins to make it easier to use. > > Regarding use of open source for applications -- even if you're close > minded enough not to do that, there likely isn't a production quality > app server around that doesn't use open source components for some > critical infrastructure *inside* the server. Whether the company uses > it for their own development or not is pretty much irrelevant to the > fact that they are already depending on open source. > > > > > -Ted. > > > > Craig > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
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