> fat client is basically dead. Applet is less and less
used as it has problem in passing through firewall (you
can tunneling, but too slow)
不同意,SOAP可以穿过防火墙,如果嫌解析XML慢甚至可以直接用HTTP去请求Servlet,而纯HTML交换那么多数据也不一定就会快,
Soap is intended for system integration, therefore, it is
usually used between server and server, not client and
server. Maybe I should not say fat client is dead,
but it is not in the trend. Like Cobol which is still
the No. used language in the banking industry in North America,
so it is obviously not dead, but it is not in the trend.
>Thin client, with pure HTML, is the trend.
我不同意,纯HTML不能做的事情太多了,如果你需要打印发票、和串口通信或者当客户电话打进来的时候自动读入客户数据显示在话务员的屏幕上,用HTML是不可能的。
By HTML I meant HTML tags plus the MIME content it supports.
I am working in the North America banking industry.
We use JPEG to represent check images and PDF for statement.
The bottom line is that when the server is lauched, end
users can use it without doing ANY installation, a big save
for the service provider.
>so I lock myself to J2EE
最好还是不要把自己lcok在任何平台上
If you can work on both J2EE and .Net, that would be
great. However, an export with one platform is easier
to sell. Generally speaking, the more high level hierachy
you are in the organization (like CTO),
the more change you have
to have more overview stuff than detailed, in this case,
it makes sense to have grip on both platforms. Otherwise,
it is more feasible to focus one platform and move fast
upwards. But this is only my personal opinion.
Also you want to enjoy life.
>J2EE and .Net are both viable technologies. Whether
this is better than the other, is not a very meaningful
question at all.
同意,争论J2EE和.NET谁好就象讨论刀和剑究竟哪个更厉害一样没有意义。
These kind of big-questions are best leaved to big
market research companies such as gardner group, IDC.
For instance, Gardner group has been one of the first
to recognize and quite well predict middle-ware market
forming and growing at the beginning of 1990's.
Though they too make mistakes.
So far, Gardner group's 40% forJ2EE market share and another
for 40% for .Net has been well accepted, for quite a well.