(also entitled, “Who Put the J in lam-a-lam-a-LAMJ?”)
So, I have started to read Mysql Stored Procedures by Guy Harrison with Steven Feuerstein — a fabulous book already! One thing that caught my attention was this (which you can see in the Preface, available through Safari):
MySQL is the dominant open source database management system: it is being used increasingly to build very significant applications based on the LAMP (Linux-Apache-MySQL-PHP/Perl/Python) and LAMJ (Linux-Apache-MySQL-JBoss) open source stacks, and it is, more and more, being deployed wherever a high-performance, reliable, relational database is required.
Now, I figured that the “J” in “LAMJ” stood for “Java”, given that the P stands for a programming language beginning with “P”. It does not stand for “CGI”, a specific type of web programming [popularized? created? by Perl], even though it usually means CGI, because of Apache. Obviously, there are applets and servlets and JavaBeans and all sorts of ways to use Java . . .
JBoss is an architecture, which the other 3 (Linux, Apache and MySQL) all are as well. I guess what bothers me is that the “P” stands for a language, not an architecture, so I feel like the “J” should too. And what if we use Resin, Websphere or Wenlogic? Does it become LAMR or LAMW? Can we still call it LAMJ?
So I went searching, and I did not have to look a long time before finding out that nobody really knows, and folks just use what they want. Because it’s internally inconsistent and a good example, I use Continuent as an example. This is not anything negative toward Continuent (in fact, if their marketing is not so great, perhaps it is because they are putting the bulk of their money to technology… 🙂 )
Continuent using “Java”
Continuent uses “JBoss/J2EE”
Continuent uses “JSP/J2EE”
They use this last one in most places; perhaps being partnered with JBoss is why they use it on their “Products” site?
But then why does the Stored Procedures book use “JBoss”?
(also entitled, “Who Put the J in lam-a-lam-a-LAMJ?”)
So, I have started to read Mysql Stored Procedures by Guy Harrison with Steven Feuerstein — a fabulous book already! One thing that caught my attention was this (which you can see in the Preface, available through Safari):
MySQL is the dominant open source database management system: it is being used increasingly to build very significant applications based on the LAMP (Linux-Apache-MySQL-PHP/Perl/Python) and LAMJ (Linux-Apache-MySQL-JBoss) open source stacks, and it is, more and more, being deployed wherever a high-performance, reliable, relational database is required.
Now, I figured that the “J” in “LAMJ” stood for “Java”, given that the P stands for a programming language beginning with “P”. It does not stand for “CGI”, a specific type of web programming [popularized? created? by Perl], even though it usually means CGI, because of Apache. Obviously, there are applets and servlets and JavaBeans and all sorts of ways to use Java . . .
JBoss is an architecture, which the other 3 (Linux, Apache and MySQL) all are as well. I guess what bothers me is that the “P” stands for a language, not an architecture, so I feel like the “J” should too. And what if we use Resin, Websphere or Wenlogic? Does it become LAMR or LAMW? Can we still call it LAMJ?
So I went searching, and I did not have to look a long time before finding out that nobody really knows, and folks just use what they want. Because it’s internally inconsistent and a good example, I use Continuent as an example. This is not anything negative toward Continuent (in fact, if their marketing is not so great, perhaps it is because they are putting the bulk of their money to technology… 🙂 )
Continuent using “Java”
Continuent uses “JBoss/J2EE”
Continuent uses “JSP/J2EE”
They use this last one in most places; perhaps being partnered with JBoss is why they use it on their “Products” site?
But then why does the Stored Procedures book use “JBoss”?
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