"EJB ISN't Necessarily The Best Choice for Every Solution", this sentence comes from the Book Review of the new J2EE Development Without EJB "of Rod Johnson, it is very attractive, isn't it?
There are also some comments about this, you can find it on THSERVERSIDE.COM.
Key Words: J2EE / EJB, Spring, AspectJ, AOP, ...
http://www.theserverside.com/articles/article.tss?l=j2eewithoutejb_bookreview