Sun attacks Microsoft with Java Server Pages

Sun Microsystems on Monday announced the release of its Java Server Pages(JSP) technology, a cross-platform Web development environment that thecompany says will supplant CGI. But the real target of JSP is obviouslyActive Server Pages (ASP), Microsoft similar technology that runs only onWindows. Sun says it is simply responding to the needs of its customers, whowere asking for a Java-based way to build dynamic Web sites.

"Everybody--IBM, Oracle, Netscape, Symantec, and Apache--wanted virtuallythe same thing," says Bill Roth, product line manager for the Java 2platform at Sun. "Something that is cross-platform, easy to use, thatemphasizes components and efficiency, and that acts as the front door to theJava platform for the enterprise. We came up with the Java Server Pagesspecification to answer those needs."

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