It was not.

The latest beta version of .Net was compared to two outdated version of J2EE servers supporting an older version of the J2EE standards. So, .Net got to use all the latest "optimizations" while J2EE could not (no object caching, no CMP2.x etc).

So who do you think would win such a benchmark test?

This alone makes all your points completely moot....The test was not fair.

End of story.

We still do not know if .Net is a better performer than J2EE. We know that a new version of one is better than an old version of another....Duh!

It like saying a P4 2.2 is faster than an Anthon 800....duh!

Mike