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# So Where's the Beef?

Jdbc sounds great, so why aren't more people using java and jdbc now for industrial applications?

"Putting App Servers to the Test," PC Week Labs Report, June 22, 1998

- "We found Java VMs and Java database drivers just aren't ready for the demands of high-load, production environments."

An article from JavaWorld suggests four issues that must be resolved before Java can succeed:

"Are you ready for the Java backlash?", JavaWorld, August, 1998

- When will Java performance (particularly on the server) be acceptable?
  Most database drivers are slow too.
- When will the reliability of the language and the JVM be acceptable?
  Some flakey JVM ports have been released.
  JavaSoft has put a lot of effort into rolling out new APIs quickly, but often at the expense of reliability of the APIs.
- When will there be a standard Java upon which major development efforts can depend?
  When will Bill Gates say uncle?
- Is Java ready to be a major database language?
  Curious, this was an article about java, not database, but this was included.
  It's interesting that database may be holding up acceptance of Java!

Ok, having played the devil's advocate, I believe these problems are being solved rapidly. InterClient is ready for commercial use, and we'll make a few comparisons with other drivers a little later. But before we can talk about the last issue "Is Java ready to be a major database language?", we need to understand JDBC architectures...

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