I wish you having this freedom you're talking about on all your projects. The RL is that in most shops usage of appserver & Maven is tighly coupled to the high

I wish you having this freedom you're talking about on all your projects. The RL is that in most shops usage of appserver & Maven is tighly coupled to the high ends of pain, and you don't decide the next big thing that could replace even parts of this sick marriage. Of course maybe you're talking about a situation when you decide about the whole infrastructure but then there are big chances you wouldn't choose Java in the first place. So please make a distinction if you're talking about theoretical "who could do what" or practical "what's already going on this planet" or even more practical "I'm gonna conquer the world with the new X and I really have freedom to choose it" :]