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NetworkWorldFusion: Open Source App Servers Make Headway

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 11, 2004

“Enterprises shopping for a Java application server will soon
have more reasons to look at open source software, with no less
than three open source projects expected to be certified compatible
with Sun’s enterprise Java standard by year-end.

“Geronimo, a project of the Apache Software Foundation, and
Jonas, overseen by Europe’s ObjectWeb consortium, both announced
recently that they have begun testing their products against Sun’s
Java 2, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) 1.4 test suites. Geronimo said it
hopes to be certified as J2EE-compliant by August, while Jonas is
aiming for the second half of the year…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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