SAP chooses Sun Micro software over Microsoft-FT (Java wins one over .NET)

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[Bush2000]

.Net offers no 'Applet' type functionality. No 'servlet' or 'Persistent Bean' functionality.

You don't know what you're talking about. I suggest you do some reading on .NET. Just because it doesn't use the same terminology doesn't mean the same technology isn't covered by .NET.

[Bush2000]

Harr: The 'Java' wars are about the most important thing going on in the technology field, and almost no one even knows it's happening.

.NET is about to rock your world, Harr. Too bad you don't even see it coming...

[Glenn]

All I could think of after reading your post was Effs and zeroes.

Lots of Effs. And Lots of Zeros after them. The American Way, lady.

[Dominic Harr]

• But analysts questioned how strong SAP's commitment was to Microsoft. SAP has little incentive to support Microsoft, since .Net--Microsoft's way of connecting all manner of software and services to the Web--is still in its infancy, one said.

• "Today, if you're going to run your multibillion dollar enterprise, most people are going to run them on (Java), not .Net," Lance Travis, a senior analyst with AMR Research said.

• By contrast, Java is an established programming language which has been endorsed by the majority of SAP's main competitors including Oracle and PeopleSoft. SAP is focused on the latest version of Java software for big businesses known as "J2EE."

• "It would not surprise me at all if they never supported .Net," Travis said.

• Last year, SAP set up a separate subsidiary, called In-Q-My, to develop its own Java server, but to date, the technology has not been made available to customers. The unveiling of its next-generation application server technology--or support of other Java application servers--could be at the heart of SAP's TechEd conference for outside software developers in Los Angeles next week.

Excellent article. They've chosen to develop in Java now, and plan to support .NET *if and when* it ever becomes viable.

Did ya'll read this? Might make you go, 'hmmmm'.

Interesting that it was in a proprietary language, tho. Interesting detail.