[nylug-talk] Why does "enterprise" imply "Java"?

[mike@jurney.org]

On Fri, 7 Jul 2006, Ajai Khattri wrote:

> In other words "benevolent commercial entity overseeing Java" wins out
> over the open-source model (where noone is "in charge" to dictate how
> something should be pieced together and/or evolve"). Similar for Linux
> (where RedHat is considered "enterprisey").

Absolutely.  15 people working out of their houses with sourceforge
hosting their CVS is basically the opposite of "enterprisey", no matter
how good the software itself ends up being.

> But I also think this is partly perception/marketing - you only have to
> look at Google (mostly open-source based and they dont use any
> "enterprise" linux either) to see someone doing very well commercially.

There are flaws with this comparison:  "open-source based" most certainly
does not mean "open source"; Google doesn't make money selling products
that fit into a large standard API like J2EE; Google doesn't define a
large standard API like J2EE, either; In fact, Google makes its money
displaying ads on websites.

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Michael D. Jurney
mike at jurney.org