GlassFish v3 "Prelude" is launching today. Expect blogs, articles, and more throughout the day. If all you want is the bits, here they are. This release builds on top of the Apache Felix OSGi runtime, offers great extensibility, support for Rails and Grails, developer features (fast startup, retain sessions across redeploys, NetBeans and Eclipse tooling, ...), an embedded API, Comet support, a brand new IPS-based update center, RESTful web services, a preview of several Java EE 6 features, and much more. Check out this introduction article as well as the press release, it also mentions a few partners building on top of GlassFish v3 Prelude.

Hear all about these new features in today's Online GlassFish Day. 20+ short sessions starting 8am PST.

Press
• Sun offers OSGi app server (InfoWorld)
• Sun z aplikacijskim strežnikom na arhitekturi OSGi
• Glassfish v3 Prelude (from Hungary)
• Sun Releases New GlassFish Preview (eWeek)
• Sun wydaje nową wersję serwera GlassFish z elementami Javy EE 6 (OSnews.pl)
• Sun Intros GlassFish Enterprise Server v3 Prelude (Java Entrepreneur)
• 米Sun、OSGiベースのアプリケーションサーバー「GlassFish v3 Prelude」を公開, (Enterprise Watch Japan)
• What You Can Expect From GlassFish v3 Prelude, (DZone)
• New GlassFish V3 Release Offers Preview of Java Enterprise Edition 6 , (IndicThreads)
• GlassFish v3 Prelude released, (TheServerSide)
• Jaspersoft Announces Commercial Certification for Sun GlassFish™ Enterprise Server, (NewsWire)

Blogs
Yes, before you ask, we have full and formal documentation, not just blog entries :)
• Top 10 GlassFish v3 Prelude Features, Nazrul
• Glassfish V3 Prelude comin’ to life…, Kawazu
• pkg(5) Toolkit 2.0 Release Available, TomM
• GlassFish v3 Prelude redéfinit le serveur léger, Alexis
• OpenSolaris SPECjAppServer Sun Fire X4150, BMSeer
• Extending the GlassFish v3 Prelude Administration Console, Jason
• Making Your GlassFish v3 Prelude Administration Console Plugin Pluggable, Jason again
• GlassFish v3 Prelude - now available!, Arun
• Prelude for GlassFish in v3-sharp major with Jersey (best title so far IMHO), PaulS
• What's really cool with GlassFish v3 Prelude, Jean-François
• [Sun] GlassFish {Enterprise|Application} Server v3 Prelude Available for Download, PaulD
• GlassFish v3 Prelude now available with Metro 1.4, Harold
• About extensibility in GlassFish v3 prelude, Tim
• Deployment in GlassFish v3 prelude, Tim again
• (GlassFish) Admin Console providing UpdateTool functionality, Anissa
• Jersey 1.0 Available on GlassFish V3 Prelude Update Center, Jakub
• Are you sure you are developing Java Web Apps?, Vince
• Moving Tomcat Toplink Apps to Glassfish v3 Prelude, Lance
• Extending GlassFish v3 Prelude, As Easy As 1-2-3, Sreeni
• Retain session data during redeployment, Jan
• Monitoring in GlassFish v3 Prelude, Prashanth
• JDBC support in V3 Prelude, Shalini
• GlassFish v3 Prelude OSGi support: It is really true?, Ludo
• JAX-WS RI 2.1.5/Metro 1.4 in GFv3 prelude, Jitu
• Mojarra 1.2_10 and 2.0.0 available on GlassFish V3 Prelude, Ryan
• GlassFish V3 Prelude debuts today, Jerome (GlassFish Architect)
• GlassFish Enterprise Server V3 Prelude Released, PaulS
• Working with Metro on Glassfish v3 Prelude, Bhakti
• GlassFish v3 Prelude is out, Julien
• Monitor GlassFish v3 Prelude with the Admin Console, Jennifer
• Dynamic Languages support in GlassFish v3 Prelude, Vivek
• GlassFish v3 Prelude and LDAP, LudoP
• Singleton EJB support in GlassFish V3 Prelude, Mahesh
• Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server Subscriptions, PaulS
• A thank you card to FishCAT members !, Judy
• Glassfish + OSGi + Equinox + Eclipse = Good Job Sun, Eclipse's Ian
• JRuby and Rails on GlassFish v3 Prelude - An Overview, Vivek
• Admin CLI Pluggability - defining options and operands, Janey
• GlassFish Day - GlassFish v3 Prelude, Terada-san
• OSGIfying Metro for GlassFish V3, Fabian
• GlassFish v3 Prelude: Der neue Glassfish ist da
• IzPack-based installer for GlassFish v3 Prelude, Julien
• Celebrating the GlassFish v3 Prelude release, java.net Editor's Daily Blog

Others (mainly screencasts)

• GlassFish Video - Introducing GlassFish v3
• GlassFish Video - GlassFish v3 Prelude: What's New
• GlassFish Video - Java EE 6 and GlassFish
• Incremental Java Web Application Development with NetBeans 6.5 and GlassFish V3 (Save-Reload development with session preservation and automatic deployment).
• From Zero to Grails in 5 minutes with GlassFish v3 Prelude

We'll keep updating this entry with the blogs and articles as we see then pop up in the 24h to 48h or so.