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Is that really true? I thought Java and .NET had pretty comparable mindshare in the enterprise server-side world. Certainly Windows desktops rule but line of bu
by superuser2 11y ago
Is that really true? I thought Java and .NET had pretty comparable mindshare in the enterprise server-side world. Certainly Windows desktops rule but line of business web apps are often J2EE on RHEL/CentOS. Or is that not true anymore?
- AlisdairO 11y ago> Or is that not true anymore? No, it's still true. Java's market share of server-side applications is enormous.
- devsquid 11y agoI imagine if the enterprise is running JVM based stuff they wouldn't use Azure. I think the point is, is that most of enterprise has used Microsoft before. While it might be more expensive, its a safe bet for them to stick with Microsoft even when moving to the cloud.
- devonkim 11y agoThe number of times I've seen enterprises deploy Windows servers running Java on them is probably equal to the times I've seen it in production on Linux. Windows system administrators are easy to find in enterprise space and the process of keeping them fed and happy is really cut and dry compared to the myriad of options (read: ways to fail when you're as dysfunctional as most F500 organizations) on a UNIX variant. When you have both Java and C# developers but don't want to spend the money on both Linux and Windows computer janitors, your pick Windows for standardization of OSes, not Linux. The lack of choice is liberating for enterprises constantly in a state of analysis paralysis over every random software requirement that could sink their ball of twine software stacks.