7.5. The Solution
The challenges that eTapestry faced required that they make careful choices in terms of both the technologies they used and the vendors that they relied on to deliver the technology. Being at the leading edge of the technologies, it was important to select solutions and vendors that would meet the need both for the short term and the long term.
7.5.1. Technology Choices
Technology evolves rapidly and today's standards need to have both room to grow and wide spread support to ensure longterm viability. eTapestry focused on Java technology and XML standards as a way to achieve these goals.
7.5.2. Java Technology
eTapestry chose Java technology for its application platform for numerous reasons. The first was Java technology's object-oriented ...
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