LinuxInsider: Open-Source App Servers Coming of Age with J2EE

"Three open-source application servers are expected to be certified J2EE-compatible by year's end, meaning that lower-cost alternatives to products from BEA Systems, IBM, and Oracle are on the horizon.

"Testing against Sun Microsystems' enterprise Java standard, J2EE 1.4, has already begun for both Geronimo, a project of the Apache Software Foundation, and Jonas, overseen by Europe's Object-Web consortium. Apache hopes Geronimo will be certified J2EE-compliant by August. ObjectWeb is aiming for later in the year..."

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