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The web application portion of the Java framework will most definitely be servlet-based. I wouldn't even consider writing this as a Java applet. There are way too many limitations with applets to really make that feasible. But the framework will support much more than the web application front-end. There is also a desktop client that doesn't require any server hosting period, and there is also a developer API that will be available. As a server-side language, Java is much more powerful that PHP and thus I feel that I'll be able to do some unique things with this project.
Your right in that not all web hosting services support Java today, and yes its almost impossible to find free hosting that supports Java. But, there are low cost Java hosting services available, last I checked for as low as $5.95/month. For a free Java based server host, check out myjavaserver.com.
Personally, I don't have a problem with access to Java hosting, but I do recognize that Java hosting is not as widely available for example as PHP supported hosting. For that reason, I plan on offering a hosted version of the web app, much like what is available for BOSI. Users can also host the java web app using the open source Tomcat server, on their own box at no cost.
I checked out your site, thats pretty cool too. I like your ANT based project. I am a big fan/user of ANT also. If you decide you want to contribute to my project, let me know. I'll be getting a project web site up very soon also.
Tim
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