So Where's the Beef?

"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!