On the cost of the appserv­er

Here is an­oth­er ex­cel­lent ar­ti­cle about the cost of ap­pli­ca­tion servers, and why a par­a­digm shift is need­ed with lighter-weight al­ter­na­tives:

http://www.tom­ca­t­ex­pert.com/blog/2010/06/03/mi­grat­ing-jee-ap­pli­ca­tions-tom­cat-mo­ti­va­tion-mi­grat­ing

In­ter­est­ing note: the au­thor used to work at Bea, so he def­i­nite­ly knows what he is talk­ing about;-)