I agree with all of that but...

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by ben_tilly

12/14/05 1:34:11 AM

I agree with all of that but...

given that they are in the top 10 sites by traffic volume, their claim to scaleability is pretty good.

Now I personally believe that with a different platform they would be able to achieve significant savings, but their profit margins are good enough that it isn't an issue.

Cheers,
Ben

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Java begins its decline - (tuberculosis) - (15) - Dec. 13, 2005, 07:35:11 PM EST

Correction. eBay uses Java. -NT - (ben_tilly) - (6) - Dec. 13, 2005, 07:44:57 PM EST

Hmm, I thought it was .asp - (tuberculosis) - (5) - Dec. 13, 2005, 08:19:31 PM EST

They did, but not the port you are thinking of - (ben_tilly) - (4) - Dec. 13, 2005, 10:31:39 PM EST

Long road - (tuberculosis) - (3) - Dec. 14, 2005, 12:04:55 AM EST

They throw Hardware at it. - (folkert) - (1) - Dec. 14, 2005, 01:28:03 AM EST

Sun would be for the databases -NT - (ben_tilly) - Dec. 14, 2005, 01:35:20 AM EST

I agree with all of that but... - (ben_tilly) - Dec. 14, 2005, 01:34:11 AM EST

So what do you think back-ends will be written in? -NT - (warmachine) - (7) - Dec. 14, 2005, 05:09:44 AM EST

SmallTALK. Duh. -NT - (pwhysall) - Dec. 14, 2005, 06:34:19 AM EST

Trend puts the lie - (tuberculosis) - Dec. 14, 2005, 11:13:55 AM EST

Trend puts the lie - (tuberculosis) - (4) - Dec. 14, 2005, 11:14:34 AM EST

Hey, we heard you the first time! -NT - (jb4) - (3) - Dec. 14, 2005, 11:43:46 AM EST

QWEST DSL - where you're never sure if you've sent - (tuberculosis) - (2) - Dec. 14, 2005, 12:59:17 PM EST

I open another browser tab to check on such occasions... -NT - (Another Scott) - Dec. 14, 2005, 01:08:17 PM EST

Yeah, I need to fix that. -NT - (admin) - Dec. 14, 2005, 01:14:57 PM EST

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