What is so important about the Web-Application Server Stack?
No-one would argue that this technology may ultimately decide on the winner in the proprietary/open-source war. And recently, several new factors have come into the equation: • More and more companies are opting for solutions that are less vulnerable to virus attacks. • The emergence of AJAX as a technology that provides a near-desktop feel without the need to run the software on the home computer (and all the problems with updates, installations, virus and worms etc.). • The proliferation of broadband Internet connections which means users can now be logged on all the time. • The emergence of respectable market leaders such as the Venezuelan Government, City of Munich and others who have decreed they will only use open source in the future. • The emergence of a broad spectrum of opensource service companies that can be profitable and still undercut non-opensource companies. (This moves the market out of the “nerds only” business and into the mainstream.) What this means is that (i) no
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