From: JamesBritt <james@...>
Date: 2002-08-27T07:29:14+09:00
Subject: RE: Distributed Object Container

> Yes, you are right, J2EE is just a standard implemented by several app
server vendors.

No, J2EE(tm) is something Sun owns, controls, drives, and dictates.  It is
not a standard in any meaningful use of the word.  We might just as well
talk about the Visual Basic "standard".

> But why couldn't we adapt the J2EE standard so that something like it
could be implemented in Ruby?

Because getting caught up in Sun's game would be self-defeating.

James