Apple WebObjects: The high end for powerful transactional web applications. "Apple Web What!?" a common phrase I hear after mentioning this product, "Is that some... web technology running on the, um, Macintosh?" I get a freaky glaring stare directed at me... I can hear their thoughts almost out loud "Man, this guy has lost all credibility... how do I get the hell out of here... some freaking Apple technology, right!" Patiently I explain that Apple bought this technology, and it existed over four years ago with a company Steve Jobs started: Next Step". I quickly go on... "Dell started their site with it, and it is the software of choice for creating high end transactional web applications for many fortune 500 companies*". If they were still listening I would finally add: "It is an impressive multi-platform software environment that runs on Unix, NT and has not even run on a Macintosh until recently". Most of the time, the stare would fade into an inquisitive, though still skeptical look, as if they were waiting for another Mac bigot to launch into a pro-Mac tirade... Apple WebObjects is the premiere high-end application web server. All of the most problematic high end technical issues have been seamlessly incorporated within the Apple WebObjects model. WebObjects has the most solid security model on the market, it incorporates load balancing, state management, and Java client interoperability. Its transactional processes are the best on the market- bar none. You can leverage data stored in Oracle, Sybase, Informix, OpenBase, R/3, PeopleSoft, mainframes, SAP, and ODBC databases. All of this comes in a rapid application development environment that will get your projects out the door in a snap. However, WebObjects is not for the faint of heart. Developer requirements are steep, the developer must have programming knowledge in C. And as with any premier technology, WebObjects comes at a very steep price. If you are involved with a large enterprise company, and need the most powerful and secure transactional web server, and are willing to pay the price; WebObjects cannot be beat. As a developer wanting to get exposure with WebObjects, Apple has special pricing for a limited version of WebObjects on the NT and Macintosh Servers. For more information about Apple WebObjects see Apples site at www. apple.com *To illustrate my point lets take a look at some of the WebObjects customers: AT&T Wireless: BBC: Blue Cross: Diamler/Chrysler: LA Times: MCI: Nissan: Papa Johns Pizza: Standard and Poor's: Toshiba: Toyota: Warner: the list goes on.