Yeah, it's here to stay but

sybrix — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:49:46 -0400

Yeah, it's here to stay but you have read the other posts on java hosting and the missing mvm ?
Really, who would need such a platform. Certainly not java developers ?

I just switched my apps to resin, and I'm loving it. But Quercus is simply causing me to give writing or maintaining something in java pause when there are excellent free php alternatives available. I wrote a blogging app, but now since I'm have Quercus, I decided to download Wordpress. The entire thing is less then 1.5 megs and took 5 minutes to get going. JRoller is what caused me to write my own in the first place. Let's just say it's not 1.5 megs and it was a configuration challenge a few years ago.

I'm a java developer, so I won't be switching over to fulltime php anytime soon, but more options on the jvm may be good for the jvm, but not so much for the java language. Why write your web app in java, when you can use a simpler and less costly option first and move to the JVM only when you need its scalability and other features.

There have been some good discussions on this site that have really highlighted some notable voids in the java space.

This sounds cool, but seems to have a limited audience. Quercus is great but it too has a limited audience.

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Yeah, it's here to stay but