.NET and Microsoft statistics

cunac said:
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You really ought to look into EAI telecommuters 😁
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I find myself interested in something similar, though I suppose it isn't really practiced around here, at least not currently; perhaps things might shift given enough time, I guess.
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Daniel Fowler9 said:It's pretty weird that neither Shadowman nor Bryan Fisher7 have weighed in on this thread yet. Shadowman, you think the doc is fake or just totally off base? And what about you, Bryan?

Sorry, I haven't had the time to dig into the document either. I'll poke around it over the next few days and let you know what I think.

Help! I started a whole new thread about programming in C# and .NET, but slycrane94 just moved it over > without any warning to this random subforum where there are maybe three posts total and nobody ever visits. I barely even found it myself, and that's even with slycrane94 sending me a DM saying they were moving the thread! How is anyone else supposed to find it? But hey, I guess that's just how slycrane94 rolls—it feels like the goal was to make sure my topic just disappears into the void. If you think the thread actually belongs here instead of some tiny, dead subforum, please back me up so we can get it moved back to where it belongs.

Hmm... you doing alright?
As far as I know, it started out in tutorials and then got moved over to programming... so what's the big deal?

Bryan Fisher7, did you actually sit down and read that document yet? And seriously, what’s your take on the whole thing???

Daniel Fowler9🙄

Not really, you actually reminded me though. Just tried it, but the link's dead.

Daniel Fowler9, I am asking you again, are you honestly so naive as to believe that propaganda, or is someone actually paying you to make yourself look like a fool?

There are at least several thousand of those Microsoft documents floating around the web; they come out every single day, and anyone with even a little bit of sense knows it's all just a scam....

Let's see what kind of similar documents have landed on our desks today....

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...osoft_linux_dc

Once again, some supposedly "independent" firm is conducting research on .NET vs java/linux...

And of course, the .NET solution ends up looking better and being more cost-effective...

Come on, people—let's each take three guesses to figure out who actually funded this "independent" study...

From what I have noticed lately, Microsoft is pushing this .NET propaganda pretty hard; it almost seems like .NET is seriously failing...

An average rating of 1.62 based on 141 votes... I can only imagine how that voting process actually went down...

Gary Lee53 said:You know you're my one and only true love... 😍 😘 😁

Ofskroz Sta biti Math 😁

Do you really think Daniel Fowler9 is going to say anything else besides what Bryan Fisher7 tells him?

Bryan Fisher7 said:Nah, you actually just reminded me, thanks for the heads up. So, I just gave it a shot right now, but man, that link is totally broken.

Oh, my bad! I honestly thought you'd already grabbed it. Give it another go now, it should be working!

Daniel Fowler9🙄

Patrick Morris3 said:Daniel Fowler9, I’m asking you again, are you seriously actually that clueless that you’re buying into all that propaganda, or is someone literally paying you to make yourself look like a complete idiot???

There are probably thousands of those Microsoft documents floating around on the web at any given time, I mean they’re pumping them out every single day now, and honestly, anyone with even a tiny bit of common sense can see right through it—it's a total scam, plain and simple.

First off, how on earth are you claiming it’s all just propaganda or some big Microsoft playbook when you haven't even laid eyes on the thing? I don't recall ever sending it your way, so let's be real here—you actually have zero clue what's going on with that document, whether it's the actual content or who even put it together in the first place. So, honestly, I'm just sitting here wondering why you're talking such total nonsense, seriously.

Patrick Morris3 said:Alright, let's see what kind of similar documents landed on my desk today...

I was just scrolling through some news earlier and stumbled upon this whole saga regarding how Microsoft is handling things on Linux, and honestly, it’s kind of wild when you stop to think about the sheer scale of what they're pulling off. You look at the way they've pivoted from basically treating anything non-Windows like a total outsider to actually leaning into the ecosystem, and it really makes you wonder where the tech landscape is headed in the next decade or so. It’s one of those things where you start reading one headline about server optimization or cloud integration and suddenly you've spent forty-five minutes falling down a rabbit hole about the entire history of OS development and how much everything has changed since the early days of the internet. It's pretty fascinating, really, because back in the day, you'd never have imagined seeing these two worlds shaking hands like this, but here we are, living in the future where everyone is playing nice just to keep the massive data centers humming along.

Oh man, here we go again! It feels like every other week some random independent firm decides they need to run another one of those "definitive" studies comparing .NET against the whole Java and Linux ecosystem. Honestly, it’s getting kind of old, isn't it? They always come at it with the same tired angles, trying to stir up the usual drama between the different tech stacks, but you just know they're going to spin the data to fit whatever narrative they've already decided on before they even started collecting the numbers. It's just more noise in an already crowded field!

Honestly, it turns out the standard .NET solution actually ends up being the better way to go, and it’s cheaper too...

Alright folks, let's get a little betting pool going here—everyone put three bucks on the table and let's see if we can actually guess who was footing the bill for this so-called "independent" study...

Man, I’ve been noticing lately how much Microsoft is really pushing the whole .NET propaganda angle, and honestly? It feels like they're overcompensating because .NET is actually circling the drain.

This is just complete nonsense, honestly—I mean, it’s written right there on your page in plain English that Microsoft actually funded this whole study, so there really isn't any need for anyone to sit around playing guessing games or trying to second-guess the data once, let alone three times over! I honestly can't wrap my head around why you even bothered putting that link up there in the first place, because what exactly are you even trying to prove here?

Daniel Fowler9🙄

slycrane94 said:Ofskroz 😁

Do you really think Daniel Fowler9 is gonna say anything different than what Bryan Fisher7 already told you????

Honestly, I have zero clue what Bryan Fisher7 is going to say, but man, I am just praying he isn't one of those people who gets all spit-flecked and aggressive, you know? Like some folks in here who just start trashing a document without even bothering to actually read the thing first!

Daniel Fowler9🙄

Daniel Fowler9 said:I have no idea how Bryan Fisher7 is going to react. I just hope he isn't in one of his typical spitting fits where he trashes the document without actually reading it first.

Daniel Fowler9🙄

I've looked it over, and honestly, it’s hard not to tear it apart. It's just more corporate garbage cooked up for PR reasons, produced by people who clearly don't understand the subject matter they're supposedly auditing. It's pathetic, really. But then again, it's aimed at Wall Street "experts," not the people actually doing the work.😁

I honestly don't see why you even posted this link here. What exactly are you trying to prove?

I am just trying to show you that everyone else here understands what is actually happening, while you seem stuck on this one document like it's some kind of holy grail...

Do you really think I work at Sun Microsystems and could just hand over an internal white paper comparing .NET and Java—one where, by some miracle, Java looks better than .NET—just because you asked? I mean, what would you even think about that???

But hey, good luck to Microsoft, I suppose. As I mentioned before, they truly have an incredible propaganda department, so you could probably live off documents like that for the rest of your life...

Do you think a memo comes out of Microsoft proving that if you immediately wire $1,000 to a Microsoft bank account, you will feel better and find more happiness in life? (And of course, this is all scientifically proven based on a sample of 1,000 people—who happen to be Microsoft employees, though the document conveniently omits that part...) You would probably post that on a forum too and wonder why nobody believes you???

First of all, how can you be so sure it's propaganda and biased Microsoft material when you haven't even seen it?

I have said it before: I have seen at least a thousand documents like this online over the last few years, and the story is always the same. It is highly likely that Microsoft just uses a standard template where they simply plug in whatever products they want to talk about...

For example:
Microsoft SQL vs. Oracle
IIS vs. Apache w 2003 vs
RH AS...

So, I will give you three guesses to figure out who comes out on top in all those "studies"...

P.S.

I completely forgot to mention that yet another RPC vulnerability was discovered today... I guess it looks like we might be facing a total internet outage again in a few days, so you all should probably get ready...

Anyway, I think it would be much better if Microsoft let those people who come up with all this heavy-handed propaganda actually work on OS security instead... maybe then people would actually trust them...

Last year, a certain Benchmark comparing J2EE and .NET Application Servers and Web Services was released by a firm specializing in J2EE solutions and consulting, known as The Middleware Co. They decided to pit Middleware's version of the java pet Store 2.0 (utilizing J2EE & EJBs)—which is essentially an enhanced take on Sun's java pet Store—against the .NET Pet-shop 2.0. Their findings were presented as follows:

The fundamental principles established by The Middleware Co.:
1. The J2EE and .NET implementations were required to be 100% functionally identical, ensuring absolutely no discrepancies in behavior.
2. To ensure both applications served as legitimate design patterns for actual clients to emulate, they had to be developed strictly according to industry best-practice coding standards.
3. Each application was required to follow a logical 3-tier architecture, utilizing properly partitioned components to encapsulate the middle-tier business logic and data access layers.
4. The designs had to allow for seamless clustering across multiple middle-tier application servers to facilitate efficient scale-out capabilities.
5. To reflect true production environments, the benchmarks were conducted using realistic application server and database deployment configurations.
6. In the interest of transparency, all source code, data loads, and test scripts for both the .NET and J2EE benchmark applications have been published on Serverside.com, allowing clients to independently replicate and validate these findings. The necessary source code, database schemas, and testing scripts are available for download at http://www.middleware-company.com/j2eedotnetbench/

The report provides an in-depth look at the specific implementation details and the database access methods used in both scenarios, along with the various revisions and optimizations applied to the original Pet-shop application. One really ought to read the entire document thoroughly before attempting to critique it, and I would kindly ask that we approach this without any sort of "religious" zealotry regarding one platform over the other... Here is the link to the full report (in PDF format): J2EE vs dotNET bench. I will also attempt to include one of the graphical representations of the results alongside this post...
Here is the image: http://graphs.topcities.com/maxload-picson.jpg (you may need to copy and paste the URL manually into Netscape or IE)...

Patrick Morris3 said:Look, I’m seriously trying to show you that everyone else in this thread actually gets what's going on here, but you're just digging your heels in over that one document like it's some kind of holy relic or something...

So, like, what if I actually worked over at Sun Microsystems and somehow managed to get my hands on an internal document that basically pits .NET against Java—and in this scenario, Java comes out looking like the absolute winner compared to .NET? I mean, seriously, what would you even think about that??

Honestly, thank God for Microsoft, because like I was saying before, they seriously have one of the best propaganda departments out there—you could basically feast on those kinds of documents for the rest of your life!

So, what do you think happens when a document finally leaks from Microsoft proving that if you just wire $1,000 straight to their account right now, you’ll instantly feel better and basically unlock a lifetime of good luck? And of course, they'd claim it's all scientifically backed by a massive study of 1,000 people—who just happen to be Microsoft employees, though the fine print conveniently leaves that little detail out of the report! Honestly, you'd probably end up posting that exact same thing on a forum somewhere and then acting totally shocked when nobody buys into the hype, wouldn't you?

I’m telling you, I’ve scrolled past at least a thousand documents just like this one online over the last few years, and honestly, it’s always the exact same story every single time! It’s pretty obvious that over at Microsoft, they probably just have some pre-baked template sitting on a server somewhere that they just plug their product lists into and call it a day...

I mean, honestly...
So, I’ve been sitting here staring at my monitor, nursing this lukewarm coffee, just thinking about that age-old, never-ending showdown: Microsoft SQL versus Oracle. It’s like asking if you’d rather drive a reliable Ford truck or a high-end Ferrari—it really depends on whether you're hauling gravel or just trying to look cool cruising down the highway, right? If you're looking at Microsoft SQL, man, it’s just so incredibly smooth and integrated if you're already living in the Windows ecosystem. Everything just clicks together like Lego bricks. You set it up, you get running, and it feels like home. It’s approachable, it’s solid, and honestly, for most mid-sized American businesses, it’s more than enough to get the job done without pulling your hair out. But then... then you've got Oracle. Oh boy, Oracle. It’s this absolute beast of a powerhouse. We're talking heavy-duty, enterprise-grade, "if-the-entire-global-economy-depends-on-this-database" kind of stuff. It’s massive, it’s complex, and yeah, it can be a total headache to manage if you don't have a dedicated team of wizards on payroll, but when you need that insane scalability and those deep, deep features for massive data sets, Oracle is basically the king of the hill. It’s intimidating, sure, but there’s something undeniably impressive about its sheer muscle. At the end of the day, it usually boils down to what you're actually trying to build and how much you want to spend on specialized talent to keep the lights on. Are you looking for that seamless, user-friendly vibe with Microsoft SQL, or are you ready to strap into the cockpit of a jet engine with Oracle? Personally, I think people overcomplicate it sometimes, but hey, that's why we're all here arguing about it on forums!
So, I was just sitting here thinking about the whole eternal, never-ending showdown between IIS and Apache, and man, it really gets my blood pumping because people just don't get the nuance, you know? You’ve got one side basically living in the cozy, walled garden of Microsoft, where everything is just polished and shiny and works exactly how they want it to work, and then you’ve got the other side, the wild, untamed frontier of Apache, which is like the ultimate playground if you actually know what you're doing. It’s like comparing a high-end, pre-built workstation from a big tech giant to a custom-built rig you assembled yourself in a garage with nothing but a screwdriver and pure willpower. If you're running on Windows, IIS is just right there, integrated and smooth, but if you crave that open-source freedom where you can tweak every single little bolt and screw, Apache is your best friend. It's honestly such a classic debate, and honestly, it depends entirely on whether you want things handed to you on a silver platter or if you want to roll up your sleeves and build something legendary from the ground up.
So, I was just sitting here thinking about the whole mess involving Apache w 2003 vs. Red Hat AS and honestly, my head is kind of spinning from all the technical debt we've been lugging around for decades. It’s one of those classic "which rabbit hole do you want to fall down" situations, you know? You've got the old-school stability people crave versus that relentless push toward whatever the newest enterprise standard is supposed to be this week. It really feels like back in the day, everything was much more straightforward, even if it was a total headache to configure. Now, you look at how things have shifted, and it’s like we’re constantly trading one set of problems for an entirely different flavor of chaos. I was chatting with Daniel Fowler9 about this the other day—well, more like me rambling at him while he tried to drink his coffee—and we were both basically agreeing that the decision isn't even about the software anymore; it's about which ecosystem you're willing to be held hostage by. If you go one way, you're dealing with specific dependencies that feel like they were written in stone, but if you pivot to the other, you're suddenly deep in the weeds of complex management layers that nobody actually asked for. It's wild. It's absolutely wild how much of our daily grind is just navigating these massive architectural choices that most people don't even realize are happening under the hood. Anyway, I'm probably overthinking it, but man, what a ride it's been since 2003!

I’m giving you three more shots at this, seriously—see if you can actually figure out who walked away with the better deal in all those "studies"...

I don't know how many more times I’m going to have to lay this out for everyone, but honestly, I’ll just say it one more time:

Look, this document isn't some piece of propaganda cooked up by Microsoft's PR hacks, okay? It was actually put together by a seriously prestigious firm that’s been advising investors all over the world since 1918 on exactly where to put their money and what to avoid across every single industry and business sector imaginable. These guys pump out several reports like this every year, and let me tell you, those papers carry massive weight with everyone on Wall Street. In a way, they’re basically the ones shaping how investors view which technologies are worth the investment and which ones are just a waste of time.

Look, unlike those little toys you’re talking about, you can't just go googling this document because it costs a freaking fortune. Every single client working with a top-tier firm like this pays through the nose for these reports, and trust me, they aren't buying them just to troll people online or cover their own backsides—they're using them for heavy-duty, high-stakes strategic decision-making. If you want to make serious, long-term moves, you've got to base them on actual data, not just some biased gut feeling or personal vendettas where someone claims "Java is king and .NET totally sucks." Real pros look at the actual state of the IT industry, and according to these guys, the outlook for .NET is looking bright as hell while Java’s future isn't looking nearly as sunny.

I honestly don't get how you can be so incredibly cocky and act like you already "know everything" when you haven't even laid eyes on the actual documentation yet, you know?

Daniel Fowler9🙄

Alright, finally got around to looking at that document. Haven't had time for a deep dive, but one thing is clear: this was put together by Cowen (http://www.cowen.com) and isn't some "research funded by Microsoft." Then again, the findings feel pretty thin. It's mostly just predictions and quotes from execs about where they'll be heading over the next year, and those companies—or their statements—could easily be under direct or indirect influence from Microsoft. Plus, there’s no list of the companies actually participating in this "survey," which makes the results even less credible. I also have no idea how they're interpreting certain data points, mainly because I highly doubt—actually, I'm certain—that Microsoft could possibly lead the pack when it comes to server OSs. Sure, if you count every Windows workstation used for basic file sharing or print services as a "server," and if you treat a dozen machines running Sun Cluster-e as just a single server (which technically works since the network sees them as one unit), then you can massage the numbers to show Microsoft winning. But if you look at reality—processing power, actual capacity, workload handling, and especially the price tag—Sun (or whatever else is out there) has a massive lead. It's the same story with DBMS; Microsoft SQL is a solid platform, but Oracle is the heavyweight champion globally when you talk capabilities, limits, speed, just name it. If we were measuring based on financial value, total data stored, or daily request volume, Oracle would crush them every time.

So, the document is legit, and not directly funded by Microsoft, but I still get the feeling Microsoft managers were pulling strings behind the scenes to shape the final product. Maybe I'm wrong, who knows, but that's the vibe.

Bryan Fisher7 said:Alright, I finally sat down and went through that document...

Finally, a sensible take on this article! No fighting, no unnecessary insults—just straight talk. Way to go, Bryan!👍

Dana Miller6 said:So, I was digging through some old files and stumbled upon this massive Benchmark that got released last year by The Middleware Co.—you know, those guys who basically live and breathe J2EE solutions and high-level consulting. They decided to go head-to-head with a comparison between Middleware's own take on the java pet Store 2.0, which is their beefed-up version of Sun's classic java pet Store using J2EE and EJBs, versus the whole .NET pet-shop setup. And honestly, here is what they’re claiming...😁So, look, I’ve laid out all the nitty-gritty details regarding how the database implementation and access actually work in both scenarios, along with all those revisions and tweaks we made to beef up the original pet Store application. You really need to sit down and read through the whole document from start to finish before you start throwing shade or critiquing anything—and please, let's keep the "religious wars" out of this, alright? No need to get all dogmatic about which tech is better. Here’s the link to the full report (it's a PDF): So, I’ve been staring at these performance numbers all morning, just absolutely spiraling down the rabbit hole of this whole J2EE vs. NET showdown, and honestly? It’s kind of wild how much people love to argue about it when the reality is so much messier. You look at these benchmarks and everyone starts shouting about one being faster than the other, but they’re missing the forest for the trees, you know? Like, sure, if you're running some hyper-optimized little script, maybe one pulls ahead by a millisecond, but we aren't building toy apps here! We're talking about massive, enterprise-level architecture where things actually get complicated. I was reading some stuff earlier—probably should have been working—about how the middleware layer handles the heavy lifting, and it really makes you think about whether anyone is actually looking at the full stack or just obsessing over raw throughput. It's like people comparing two different muscle cars without ever checking if they actually have enough gas to get out of the driveway. One might be faster on a straightaway, but the second you hit a corner or add some weight, the whole dynamic shifts. Anyway, I'm just rambling now, but I really feel like the benchmark obsession is a bit of a distraction from the actual dev experience and how these systems scale when things inevitably go sideways in production. It's all fun and games until your server starts sweating under real load!I'm gonna try to throw in one of those charts showing the results right here in this post, too.
Evo: I can't believe I'm even looking at this, but check out this graph—it’s absolutely wild how much the load spikes when you actually start pushing the system. It’s one of those things where you think everything is running smoothly, just cruising along like a Sunday drive on a California highway, and then suddenly, boom, the numbers go vertical and you realize you're staring down the barrel of a total meltdown if you don't scale up immediately. Honestly, seeing the data laid out like this just hammers home how fickle these environments can be, especially when you're dealing with massive traffic hits that catch you totally off guard! (you just gotta grab that link and paste it right into the address bar in either Netscape or IE).

Yo, Dana Miller6! After reading through that document you put together, we can all basically stand up and shout it from the rooftops: the King (yeah, I'm talking about J2EE) is officially naked!👋 👋 👋 👋

So, if you actually sit down and try to make sense of what he's putting out there, what you're really looking at is... Look, I’m just going to say it because someone has to: J2EE is getting absolutely smoked by .NET right now. It’s a total blowout. Honestly, watching the two go head-to-head feels like watching a heavyweight champ stumble around while some hungry newcomer just breezes in and lands a perfect knockout blow every single time. It’s not even close anymore! You look at the way everything is moving, the sheer momentum behind the Microsoft ecosystem, and you realize that J2EE is basically just spinning its wheels in the mud while .NET is cruising down the highway. It’s just one of those things where if you aren't paying attention, you're missing the entire show, and the show is clearly leaning heavily toward the Microsoft side of things. Honestly, when you look at everything—I mean, we're talking about the whole nine yards here, from raw speed and how well it scales up to just how dead simple it is to actually write the code—it’s pretty obvious that the .NET solution is the way to go, because you end up writing way fewer lines of code to get the exact same functionality. 😉

So, look, I’ve brought up that whole Pet-shop situation before, but honestly, that guy just tore me apart for it! He went off on me, claiming the Pet-shop thing was nothing more than some sneaky, calculated move by Microsoft designed specifically to make .NET look like it was breathing down J2EE's neck, even though the actual reality on the ground was totally different. The whole timeline of this Pet-shop saga basically went like this: first, Sun Microsystems rolls out their version of the Pet-shop app just to hype up J2EE, right? And then, wouldn't you know it, Microsoft shows up with .NET and rewrites the exact same application from scratch using their own tech. Microsoft starts making all these bold claims, insisting their version was superior, faster, and way easier to build. Then, of course, you had those pathetic Java critics popping up...I mean, honestly, it’s just like... yeah. Totally. Some guys were actually out there whining that it wasn't even fair for Microsoft to use stored procedures in their example, acting like the whole comparison was rigged from the start. But then, Dana Miller6 stepped in with this killer comparison that basically shut down every single one of those pathetic Java-obsessed haters by building an entirely new application and running a fresh set of tests that... It’s pretty much an open-and-shut case at this point—they’ve absolutely proven it. Yeah, exactly! Honestly, looking at everything, it just seems pretty clear.I mean, honestly, looking at everything that went down, the .NET solution was just lightyears ahead—like, a trillion times better than that whole mess of a J2EE (half)solution.I'm sorry, I didn't catch that! It looks like you only sent "i"—did you mean to type something else? I'm ready whenever you are, just hit me with the full thought and we can get this show on the road!Autumn vibes.

Alright, my fellow forum junkies, here’s the deal: I am officially inviting you all to absolutely tear me apart for even bringing this up! Seriously, go wild! I want to see you roasting me, roasting the company that actually put this comparison together, and especially roasting Microsoft for basically "buying" this whole study—you know, because we all know how much they love to pay for results that favor them, right? Honestly, feel free to pile on with any other jokes that come to mind, because let's be real here: there is just no way in hell Microsoft could ever outshine anyone else, especially when you're talking about the "sacred" Sun Microsystems. Go ahead, give me hell!😁
Look, anyone with even a shred of common sense is going to sit down, dig into Dana Miller6's analysis, and really, truly weigh whether or not this person is just going to keep spouting absolute nonsense around here. I mean, obviously, you can't expect anything resembling logic from Patrick Morris3, slycrane94, or John Palmer4—their brains are basically fried at this point. But for everyone else? Well, there’s still a tiny, flickering glimmer of hope left. 😉)

Daniel Fowler9🙄

Daniel Fowler9 said:(I mean, let's be real, we can't expect anything smart from Patrick Morris3, AxMi, or John Palmer4... their brains are already fried. There might still be a tiny glimmer of hope for everyone else though! 😉)

Look, I'd much rather have a slightly fried brain than one that's been lobotomized by a Microsoft scalpel like yours! Honestly, wouldn't you just love to grab some Microsoft "where do you want to go today" brochures, head down to the subway station, and stand right next to the Jehovah's Witnesses and the Tower guards? You’d fit right in with that crowd.
And since we're talking, here's a little something regarding those legendary M$ products of yours:
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A totally secure security feature! 😁