Future of EJB
Bill Roth suggests that we view this 1.0 specification as the first iteration in a process of developing EJB.
Some of the areas that need to be refined:
- model for handling persistent objects
- standardizing contract between development tools and systems to provide a uniform debugging interface
Wide industry participation - but need to make sure that EJB servers from different vendors can interoperate.
Most notable holdout: Microsoft. Microsoft supports the Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) and is not likely to make it interoperable with EJB’s.