[PJUG Javamail] Red Hat buys JBoss

[Ken Paulsen]

I'm not sure I'd call RHAT a big company (<1000 employees), although I
think it's a lot bigger than JBoss.  Tomcat is not an application
server, it's a servlet engine... Apache's Geronimo is an app server,
though.  Apache isn't a company.  The only other main stream open source
& free Java EE app server that I'm aware of is Sun's (GlassFish)... and,
yes, Sun is a big company.  (JOnAS and Resin are also open source, but
not as widely used I think... perhaps Resin will become the next JBoss?)

>From my experience w/ Sun acquiring NetDynamics and Netscape Application
Servers (and to a lesser extent Forte's App Server), there is a big risk
at confusing and / or alienating customers.  It will be interesting to
watch how well the transition is handled, perhaps Red Hat as a smaller
company will handle this well...

Ken

Johnson, Richard wrote:
> Sean notes:
> " Red Hat buys JBoss
> " _http://www.redhat.com/promo/jboss/_ 
> " _http://news.com.com/Red+Hat+scoops+up+JBoss/2100-7344_3-6059293.html?tag=nefd.top_
>  
>  
> Most interesting.  A lot of application servers are now owned by big
> companies, or being courted big companies:
>  
> Websphere - IBM
> Sun Application Server - Sun  
> JBoss - Red Hat
> HP App Sever - HP  
> Tomcat - Apache Foundation (they seem pretty big from where I sit.)
>  
> IIS - Microsoft
> PHP -- Isn't Oracle wooing them?
>  
> The only oddball seems to be BEA.  Do they do anything else?  Also I
> don't know what the territory looks like in Europe of Asia but would
> bet that Japan has a couple of good ones built to Sony spec's.
> -- 
> Richard Johnson
> . 
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