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Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 10:50:03 +1100
From: John Sisson <jrsisson@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Does there need to be a default web container?
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Also if one container is in some way better than another today, that may 
not be the case in the future.  Once we have a default, it will be hard 
to change in the future.  Not having a default also provides a fair 
playing field for those who are contributing to the project and 
encourages competition.  Let the user decide.

John

Jeff Genender wrote:

> This is obviously a hot topic and I hope that as a Geronimo PMC and 
> user community we are not forced to have to show preference of one 
> over the other.  There is obviously some personal preferences on both 
> sides and we are a great open source project because we do not have to 
> get behind one *or* the other.  We can get behind them both.
>
> May I ask why the installer/wizard cannot have a page called "Choose 
> Your Web Container" and have an option for Jetty and Tomcat, but 
> neither selected?  Does there need to be a default?  Can we just let 
> the end user choose?
>
> IMHO, I don't think we should provide a preference for one over the 
> other.  I really like both.  I think we should give the user the 
> choice without hinting a preference.
>
> Thoughts and comments?
>
> Jeff
>