Talk:Comparison of application servers

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Is this only for current App server vendors or is there historical interest? Jbusiness from Novera Software (bought by Mercator, which was bought by Ascential, which was bought by IBM) is no longer offered but was one of the earlier ones out there... I can get the release dates for the chart from the install disks if I have to. (see [1] for more info. )++Lar: t/c 18:27, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Be Bold :-) Seriously, if you have access to the details, add it now and if belongs somewhere else, someone will move it. Jayvdb 12:40, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Free

There are a bunch of Java app servers with "Free (xxx)" in the licence column, where xxx is a real license. Free is not a license --- and copyleft licenses are not foreign anymore. As there are other entries with Apache License that are not prefixed with Free, the use of Free is more confusing than informative. Jayvdb 12:40, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ruby on Rails?

Why is Ruby on Rails included in this article? It's a MVC framework for Ruby, not an Application Server. In other words, its functionality is a sub-set of what App Servers provide.

Apache and Mason are also a questionable entries on this page for the same reason. The definition of Application Server is quite vague -- a clearer definition is required in order to differentiate them with Web application framework and Comparison of web application frameworks. In my opinion, an (Web) Application Server should manage discrete applications deployed into the server, and include web-based configuration of those applications being served. Maybe its worth adding that in order to be called an Application Server, it must have a published standard that defines an application it serves. Hopefully that avoids any CMS or framework satisfying the criteria.

IMO a new article Comparison of J2EE Application Servers or Comparison of Java Application Servers is warranted, as comparisons between J2EE Application Servers and Zope or SAP Web Application Server are not terribly useful. Jayvdb 01:56, 9 August 2006 (UTC)