J2EE vs .NET: Where Is Application Development Going? @ JDJ

J2EE vs .NET: Where Is Application Development Going? @ JDJ: "J2EE vs .NET: Where Is Application Development Going?
Duncan Mills Outlines The Rise and Rise of the Meta-Framework

By: Duncan Mills
Published April 15, 2005

Where is application development going? What's the next cool thing? You may have answers to these questions, your answers may be the same or different to mine or anyone else's. The point is we just don't really know, and that's a problem. Saying to the manager of enterprise development shops 'Oh yes just standardize on J2EE and everything will be fine' is not going to cut it. These folks are savvy enough to know that J2EE is a minefield of choice in standards and APIs. They need and deserve more direction than that."

Article eventually goes on to name some of the Java Meta-frameworks - like Keel