And again: death of the application server announced

What better way to start the new year than with a glimpse of what the future will bring for Java?

In this interview, Eberhard Wolff discusses why he thinks the application server is dead.

Some highlights:

• Today, most app servers only deploy one application on them (mainly for isolation)
• He envisions a Jar deployment model instead
• Monitoring can be provided by external tools rather than the app server

It's good to see that after more than 8 years after we introduced it, our jee without application server paradigm shift is more relevant than ever! And as usual, we're here to give you the transactions you need without the application server.

UPDATE: Eberhard also has an article on this here...