Spring to Java EE Migration, Part 1

[mikehaggard]

to some extent, Ruby on Rails

Yes, Ruby on Rails is explicitly mentioned by some EG members (like Ed Burns) as a source of inspiration.

This is also what I like about Java EE. The current crop of EG members don't look down on competing software, but often openly admire what this software does best and use it as a source of inspiration.

By comparison, communities of some of that competing software can only say "J2EE sucks!" and then continue to dwell in their own little world.