Hi 

* wasn't sure if this belonged here... did put it in jsp section too but 
its not just about that technology
 
Sorry! Its a bit of long one: 

I currently use plenty of HTML & SQL & ASP for my work intranet. (in my 
degree I did basic webdesign/C++/Perl) I'm thinking about starting to 
code my next dynamic page with JSP probably via Dreamweaver MX. Some of 
the things I've been thinking about: 

- My final module in Feb 2003 for my masters university degree will be 
Java & I thought maybe familiarising myself with JSP would help 
considerably. 

- The co I work for is using more Linux & we may well switch to Apache 
soon. If I wrote my future intranet & apps in JSP I could just transfer 
them unlike ASP? (or it'd be easier to) 

- Tomcat would enable me to continue the current site with IIS & ASP but 
also allow JSP 

- Some of my colleagues use dialup modems or mobile phones to connect to 
the work network & have complained about speed issues. I've heard JSP is 
quicker than ASP & places less of a strain on the server as ASP holds 
open a session for ages & is continuously reading from the server. 

(current server is a Win 2k, P3,lots of ram & large drive but as well as 
hosting the intranet has a web app on it that uses cut down version of 
MSDE SQL server that retrieves data from a huge Oracle database on a unix 
server & posts data into access. This is used by anywhere up to 80 people 
to query & insert data from 4 different office sites) 

- Other people have mentioned PHP,Perl-CGI,ColdFusion 

* Co don't want to use cold fusion, I've heard PHP i sgreat but 
procedural & lastly of course it'd be alot easier to continue with ASP... 

Any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated. 

Thanks 

Graham