A compilation of today's news of interest:
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From Kevin and Mark - The recent Price Increate on Oracle Fusion has lead to a new conversion offer for Java CAPS (our SOA product built on GlassFish Server and OpenESB). Check Kevin's and OnTheRecord, these videos (beware! auto-run) and InfoWorld and TheRegister. Alexis noticed a common thread in several comments in the USER alias for GlassFish Server and explains How Configuration on NetBeans may differ from that of your deployment GlassFish Server; and what to do about it. Thanks to Swen-Helge for a pointer to this Mural/MDM tutorial. From Adam a report on Informal Performance of Remote EJB. Adam has a number of entries at his blog arguing for EJB 3(.x) as lightweight component. |
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I was "on vacation" last week, so the news are a bit late, but the news on July 1st confirmed the rumor: Oracle WebLogic Server is Oracle's "Strategic AppServer" - see the articles at The Register and InfoWorld. This comes on top of recent surveys on Oracle/BEA usage: SOA-Talk and The Register. |
A consequence of this move is that Metro is now used Oracle's main AppServer, increasing the adoption of GlassFish's WebServices stack. The same applies to JAXB RI; and, in that case, I know of no mainstream AppServer that uses a different implementation!
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TheRegister reports on an Oracle License Increase on their major products, including AppServer and Databases; Barron's has a Similar Report, and so does SearchITChannel.com. The reports also suggest that the entry-level WebLogic Express is no more. It seems to me that the GlassFish Enterprise Server and MySQL Enterprise Server just became even better deals than before. If interested, check out our Informal Adoption Stories, the Switch Program, and the GlassFish For Business. |
NB. The title refers to a scene from Galaxy Quest (check the Script). Complaints about my sense of humor to /dev/null :-).
Two new GlassFish-related sessions for CommunityOne:
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OpenMQ at Wotif (Greg Luck)
- The #2 e-tailer in Australia depends on OpenMQ.
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CommunityOne is free but space is limited; register early. |
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• Sun and MySQL
Welcome Aboard! |
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It took a bit (see the Original News back in October 06) but this time Oracle got through (NYTimes Article). Like last time (Original Thread) there are several threads at TheServerSide covering the topic: Rod Johnson on Oracle/BEA and Oracle set to buy BEA for $8.5B. And, like last time, the threads have multiple positive references to GlassFish. |
There are plenty of News articles covering the acquisition. And, since that day was also that of MySQL joining Sun, many of the pieces cover both, and some compare and contrast the two.
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Breaking News:
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Oracle Announces Intent to Acquire BEA |