Wednesday, March 17, 2010

JavaEE app servers are slow

Not a single day passes without hearing that their JBOSS, WebLogic, WebSphere or GlassFish is runinng very slow. I see tweets or comments or blogs on this topic. One has to wonder why wouldn't these guys move away from Java EE app servers. Here are few reasons:

1. Political reasons - deal has been sealed at a golf course, and avg developer/IT ops guy has zero say or influence in changing that decision.
2. Resume Building - developer believes using a massive app server means more buzz words on resume.
3. Vendor hijack - Vendor tells that they won't support the app unless its running on GlassFish or JBOSS or WebLogic or WebSphere.
4. Leading Figure says Java EE is becoming simpler - I call this bullshit factor - these leading figures rarely write code or have to support production apps.

And there are many other reasons that continue to cause heartburn for developers and IT operations.

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