"An anonymous conversation with a Geronimo user who's been paying close attention to Geronimo's development yielded an interesting statement: Geronimo's days are numbered. The reason offered was IBM's sponsorship, in which a large number of the Geronimo committers were hired by IBM, and for whatever reason, innovation ceased within the project.
"It's an interesting story. Geronimo is much like Eclipse: not formally controlled by IBM, but since most of Geronimo's core committers are employed by Big Blue, control more or less belongs in IBM's hands..."