hi, perhaps the subject should be stout vs. porter vs. bitter vs. pale ale vs. pilsner;)
as an open source advocate and user, i usually recommend open source solutions. however, i have a rapidly growing client that is uncomfortable with open source, and has plenty of money. i haven't worked with many recent commercial J2EE application servers, or other the pieces that i'll need. while i have my opinions, i'd like those of the community so that i can present an unbiased (ok - less biased;) presentation of the client's options. comments like "IMO product X has the following advantages and disadvantages" would be greatly appreciated. J2EE app servers? RDBMS? integration issues (eg: one vendor's app server talking to another vendor's RDBMS)? as the implementation will involve some open source frameworks, any vendor specific issues (eg: with Struts or Hibernate)? etc.. TIA & have a great weekend -gm --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]