"For Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), the new solution helps it
broaden its open source middleware portfolio and could well bring
it into more direct competition against middleware stacks from IBM
and Oracle.
""JBoss made its mark by having an open source JavaEE middleware
server, but what we've been doing over the last few years is we've
expanded the strategy," Craig Muzilla, vice president of Red Hat's
middleware business unit, told InternetNews.com. "The app server is
a great foundation, but it's just the beginning for companies that
are looking to build out. So we've been adding the pieces that add
to our portfolio, so we can be an open source alternative to some
of the proprietary stacks.""
