Please include your updates and comments on this press release.
After Thursday I'll forward to the PRC for their review with our
comments. I'm cross-posting here to give the PRC a heads up.
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Apache Software Foundation Announces Release Of Apache Geronimo
Version 2.0
date/time/pre-amble -- The Apache Software Foundation is pleased to
announce the release of Apache Geronimo Version 2.0, an open source
Java Enterprise Edition 5.0 application server from the Apache
Geronimo project. This release continues the evolution of the Apache
Geronimo server, adding new features and capabilities to a fully
compliant Java Enterprise Edition container suitable for everything
from development to enterprise deployments.
Along with many new features, Apache Geronimo Version 2.0 introduces
several options for clustering and simplified deployment. Developers
can quickly take advantage of the streamlined development options
provided with Java Enterprise Edition 5.0. These include EJB 3.0
persistence as well as new programming model changes that use
annotations to express developer defaults right in the source code.
The configuration and management console has also been upgraded with
several usability improvements such as a JNDI viewer and JMX browser.
The project continues to make available its assembly called "Little
G" Version 2.0, a lightweight application server for applications
that don't need the full feature set of Java Enterprise Edition 5.0.
Perfect for web-service and SOA deployments, "Little G" brings the
modularity, manageability and extensibility of Apache Geronimo to a
lightweight, non-Java Enterprise Edition footprint.
This flexible, easy-to-use, and easy-to-configure application server
is built from best-of-breed open source components and is fully
licensed under the Apache Software License, offering multiple
benefits to organizations and their development teams. The software
is available now for free download from the Apache Geronimo web site
(http://geronimo.apache.org/).
About The Apache Software Foundation
The Apache Software Foundation provides organizational, legal and
financial support for a broad range of open source software projects.
The Foundation provides an established framework for intellectual
property and financial contributions that simultaneously limits
contributors' potential legal exposure. Through a collaborative and
meritocratic development process, Apache projects deliver enterprise-
grade, freely available software products that attract large
communities of users. The pragmatic Apache License makes it easy for
all users, commercial and individual, to deploy Apache products. For
more information on The Apache Software Foundation, please visit
http://www.apache.org/ .
Java, J2EE and Java Enterprise Edition are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other
countries. All other trademarks or registered trademarks herein are
property of their respective owners.
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