I work with scientific computing and love java approaches for
solutions, but up to this point I havent done any real processing with
a entripise java beans.  But I would like to.  My question, is it
possible to build a server in the socket sense with enterprise java
beans.  I think of ejbs for transactions, but I would really like to
do more processing and also perform file IO like writing images or
pdfs online through the application server.  I like the nature of java
beans but I also want the simple architecture of your typical
client/server app ie a webserver.

Am I wrong for wanting to use ejb or should I go to some other
middleware, ie ACE.