WebSphere BloatWare
Why is it that IBM’s WebSphere 5.1.1 fixpack almost as large as the WebSphere 5.1 installation bundle itself? The WebSphere 5.1 installation bundle (base51wi.zip) is 285MB while the 5.1.1 fixpack (was51_fp1_win.zip) comes in at whopping 228MB. So by upgrading just one minor version I practically doubled WebSphere disk space footprint. I don’t think this is just a WebSphere issue but an IBM thing. I had been using IBM’s Rational Application Developer (RAD) 6.0.0.1 sometime back. So when I had to upgrade RAD with some interim fix my friend, and IBM employee, suggested that I better leave the upgrade running overnight.