TMC J2EE REPORT PURE M$ FUD. Ahhhh... It seems that Rickard was on to the truth, thank goodness. He's put up a detailed rebuttal online pointing out the flaws in the report, and The Server Side has also posted more information on their forum, including this bit:
* Was Microsoft involved in this, did they fund this, where were the tests done?
Yes, Microsoft was certainly involved, as the paper describes. The Middleware Company approached Microsoft regarding performing such an experiment. Microsoft provided the lab, which was located in Seattle, funded the setup costs, and reimbursed us for expenses, including travel expenses.
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Suddenly my rantings are making sense, hey? (Crap, that's scary even to me.)
-Russ [Russell Beattie Notebook]
Mmm. It's well know that FUD's been MS' favorite tactics, and this TSS report seems to be exactly that. It disappoints me from the TSS people. Especially because it would be interesting to have a real balanced and independent benchmark performed and TSS was very well placed to provide it. I'd like to see a consultancy create one such benchmark. People like Accenture or Cap Gemini. Or some technical analysts, like the Patricia Seybold group.
Too bas Sun, BEA andf IBM were not involved.
Bah, benchmarks are often rigged anyway, and there's no standard benchmark in this area yet.
Russel's rant make sense on one point: MS uses Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt tactics, and their marketing muscles are strong.
But I still think that the java world should fight back by product excellence rather than adding more noise to the cacophony.
2:43:17 PM 
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