internetnews.com: J2EE 1.4 OKs Open Source App Server

“Officials at JBoss Group announced the certification of its
open source project, JBoss Application Server version 4.0, with
J2EE 1.4 Monday, marking it as the first open source company to
pass the version’s extensive compatibility test process.

“The certification makes JBoss 4.0 the open source project’s
first fully J2EE-compatible application server. According to
company officials, the software has been downloaded more than five
million times since March 2001.

“The J2EE Compatibility Test Suite is comprised of roughly
22,000 separate tests to ensure the application using J2EE 1.4
meets the standards imposed by Sun Microsystem’s ‘Write Once, Run
Anywhere’ mandate…”

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