Microsoft.net trounces Java in tests

When Sun Microsystems was promoting Java (J2EE) for corporate use it produced Pet Store, a sample application to show how it really should be done. Microsoft then produced an implementation using .Net to show how much better it was. "Foul" cried the Java-backing multitude: Pet Store wasn't optimised for performance. The Middleware Company, an independent company of J2EE experts, decided to do the job. It created an extended Pet Store 2 running 17 times faster. The problem is that the Microsoft.net Pet Store 2 still trounces the Java version. In fact, the Microsoft.net server with two processors is rather faster than the 8-processor J2EE server B version, and amazingly cheaper ($4,722 v $316/tps). Worse, the Java B server tested "was unable to sustain peak throughput beyond four hours, destabilizing over this period of time to the point of failure" says TMC's report. Another aside from this fun-packed epistle: the Java version of Pet Store 2 required 14,004 lines of code whereas the C#/.net version was done in 2,096. You can download a copy of the report here. The Java side is discussing the implications on The ServerSide.com. Text-wrapping appears to be beyond the capabilities of the page designer, so take a wide screen.