Another J2EE vs .NET Performance Comparison

Starting yesterday, we received a bunch of story submissions about a performance comparison between J2EE and .Net. It didn't seem all that exciting, and we sort of ignored the story. But as usual, it appears that some people take issue with the methodology and conclusions.

Hot News Flash -- Java Slow!

[duck_prime]

Thank you, Middleware Company, for that shattering piece of journalism.

Oh yeah, we are also shocked -- shocked! -- to find out that Microsoft engineers are capable of putting out a rigged demo.

These are not the benchmarks you're looking for. Move along.

Final Conclusion

[Anonymous Coward]

The only things TMC actually proved are that they are

NOT J2EE experts

but they

ARE MS shills.

Everybody knows "benchmarks lie" as the old cliche goes. It's just funny that a chest-thumping "enterprise software" consultancy would so blatantly pitch a relatively un-scientific benchmark as a serious study.

Starting off strong

[sootman]

Quote from the article: It contains both errors, halftruths, and lies.

Unfortunately, the article contains both spelling errors, grammatical errors, and errors of style.

hmm...

[SpanishInquisition]

this is like trying to make a race between a tortoise and a snail, only to realize that your stopwatch doesn't go over 15 minutes.

Couldn't Resist Though, Eh?

[4of12]

It didn't seem all that exciting, and we sort of ignored the story.

Maybe we could get a bunch of people to whip up a controversy about a benchmark whitepaper comparing performance of rcp and ftp.

Re:Starting off strong - Future slashdot editor

[Camel Pilot]

Unfortunately, the article contains both spelling errors, grammatical errors, and errors of style.

Great! The the author is sufficiently qualified to become a slashdot editor.

Re:Performance isn't most important

[PhysicsScholar]

But what do I know. I'm just looking for anonymous gay sex.

Wait, let me get this straight (no pun intended) -- you're a gay man who says "performance" isn't important.

Christ, next thing you know you'll be saying that size doesn't matter!

Re:.NET is a lot faster

[Jugalator]

.NET is a lot faster

plenty of benchmarks on http://dotnetguru.org/

Yeah, I see that... from the URL.

Re:Some of us

[juan2074]

1- I learned Suit speak.. talk in numbers, money... grubby ol' money is what they want to hear... that's it.. show them savings, increased performance and increased revinue...

But if you send e-mail or write it in a report, please learn how to spell revenue. Even suits might notice the misspelling.

Obligatory MP skit Was:Starting off strong

[Anonymous Coward]

[Ballmer and underlings bursts into room]
"Nobody expects the stealth Microsoft ad campaign!

Our main weapon is errors. Errors and half-truths.
Our TWO main weapons are errors, half-truths and lies.
Our three main weapons are errors, half-truths, lies and developers, DEVELOPERS, DEVELOPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, let's just start again...

[They exit - loop]

Re:Some of us

[ray-auch]

Well, sourcesafe stores everything in a proprietary database format, so a little bit of db corruption can easily eliminate "50,000 lines of legacy code". Unintentionally.

Re:Yeah, but...

[styrotech]

Well you're right, the average slashdot geek probably couldn't run from building 3 to building 4 anytime.