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If you care about performance - and a lot of people who run IT operations do - Sun just pushed the envelope again on performance for its open source app server (essentially GlassFish). Not only does this remain the only OpenSource submission, it also demonstrates better performance than all other competitors (for a single CPU deployment).
Achieving world class performance takes time and energy - what we're seeing is the cumulation of many years hard work - laying the foundations for a fast, high throughput platform that the entire Sun stack can benefit from.
It's also a great demonstration of what is achievable if you are a systems company like Sun - understanding the hardware, the OS, the virtual machine and the applications that run on it - gives Sun a real edge.
Update
Eduardo and Scott have more details and the all important SPEC standard disclaimer.
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Dec
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Scott just announced that GlassFish has yet again pushed the price performance barrier. Interestingly this new submission is the first to use Java 6 SDK. Anyone wondering about the performance or stability for Java 6 should be interested in the results - SPECjAppServer2004 is benchmark for performance but also a pretty good soak test for identifying instabilities.
More on Scott's blog, Jean Francois' Blog and full details at Spec's web site.
GlassFish is leading the way in Industrial Strength Open Source.
