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The Sun-Oracle Strategy WebCast and subsequent Webcasts and Docs generated multiple comments and discussions threads in the Web from which I want to highlight a few comments in here. Please check the original posts for context, clarification and caveats. |
On OSS licensing - "There are no plans to change the open source GlassFish licensing for any of the GlassFish modules that I am aware of as I work directly with the team right now in the integration process" (Mike Lehmann, Director of PM for WebLogic Server and GlassFish).
On clustering - "Clearly GlassFish 2.1 has clustering today and 3.0 currently does not. Customers depend on the GlassFish 2.1 implementation and as I have said on TSS we are committed to continue supporting it per our lifetime support policies" (ML).
More on clustering - "We are very much working with the team to assess how clustering will fit on the 3.x roadmap given it was already on the original 3.x roadmap - the ideal will be at least parity with 2.1 - so judge on the result when we deliver versus ahead of the plan" (ML).
Ultimately, all of these comments will need to be judged by the reality of what Oracle delivers. As I wrote at TSS, "The Proof of the Pudding is in the RoadMap". In that same thread, Mike writes: "You will have to judge us on how we execute over the next few months while we realign roadmaps and delivery schedules but I hope we can surprise folks with some good turns we can do as a combined company."
It is still very early in the process of integrating the GlassFish team into Oracle; remember that the two companies could not work together before CiC. Hopefully we will soon be able to give you more details.
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This running entry collects key announcements related to Oracle's Acquisition of Sun; some from the Jan 27th event, some from companion webcasts, and some later announcements. The main theme of the acquisition is "We're Changing the Way you Buy, Run and Manage Business Systems". |
Main Entry Points:
From the Software Segment of the Strategy Webcast Series:
From the Systems Segment of the Strategy Webcast Series:
Other Links and Project Status:
Additional Information - Oracle continues to update their site; see also:
Press, Analysts, Friends, Others:
A general comment is that we need some time to put the roadmap together; remember that the Sun people could not work with Oracle folks before CiC, so, if there had been a detailed roadmap it would have come from Oracle, not a collaboration...
Today was the Oracle Sun Strategy live webcast hosted by Charles Philips, John Fowler, Thomas Kurian, Edward Screven and others that ended with a Q&A with Larry Ellison. The recording is not yet available but Oracle released a number of other useful webcasts and docs today.
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The Oracle + Sun Product Strategy Webcast Series has short (15-20') webcasts with more detailed information on most topics - e.g. App Server, Dev Tools, Manager/OpsCenter, Java, Cloud, Virtualization, OS, OpenOffice, etc. The FAQ on Community Continuity that includes Java.Net, Java.Sun.Com, JavaOne, and more. There is also a series of events around the world in a Welcome Sun Event Series. |
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Oracle's acquisition of Sun has completed. The first indicators appeared yesterday, with Scott's goodbye, the stock delisting and the CBOE Contract Adjustment; the final confirmation was today's Oracle PR. Press reports from: WSJ and NYTimes. Tune into Today's Webcast. |
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The European Union Commission today unconditionally approved the Oracle acquisition. See reports at WSJ, NYT, GigaOM, ElReg and elsewhere, and tune to the Webcast of Jan 27th. James has a created an image with Tux and Duke for the ocasion, check out So Long, Old Friend, and consider leaving a comment, if you are so inclined... and get a mug. |
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We have released an updated version of the JavaEE 5 SDK. Update 8 includes Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v2.1.1 and Java SE 6 Update 18 (download, release notes and instructions). Note this is the GlassFish v2 / JavaEE 5-based release; we keep it going in parallel with the new GlassFish v3 / JavaEE 6-based release as it includes features like clustering and HA support (see Comparing v2 and v3). |
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Larry Ellison will host a live webcast on "Oracle + Sun Strategy Update" next Wednesday, Jan 27th, 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. PT. See: Press Release, Event Link and Registration Page. You need to register with Oracle to attend the event; I just did that and it worked, although it took a while. |
Added - The EU Commission has approved the merger.
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One of the authority certificates in the Glassfish truststore expired on Jan 7, 2010. This is generating a (verbose and somewhat scary) error message on startup. You can just ignore the message, wait - the expired root was removed in update 18 of Java SE 6 and will be removed in later patches of GlassFish Server - or... |
..you can eliminate the error message now by removing the expired certificate from the keystore. Kalpana has a concise recipe on how to do this while Ron goes into more details. Original thread is here; the bug report is 6852796.
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We released GlassFish v2.1.1 at the end of October and last week we released our first commercial patch for it. Due to how the multiple releases intersect, this patch is also GFv2.1 p7 and SJS AS 9.1U2 p13. GFv2.1.1 p1 addresses 31 new defects since GFv2.1.1. |
The patches are delivered in several formats (file and pkg) and became available at SunSolve in December 18th. More details on the release, including the list of bugs addressed, are available at GlassFish For Business, and at SunSolve.
I've also updated the GlassFish v2 Family Overview and created a new entry for a GlassFish v3 Family Overview.
This is one of a series of resources and links related to the new GlassFish v3 release. Each entry starts with a section with key links; the resources are then grouped into categories.
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Tomorrow (Tuesday, Dec 15th) is our online Virtual Conference on JavaEE 6 and GlassFish v3. The conference is free but Requires Registration (check this PDF for full agenda). Attendance is via any Flash-enabled browser; additional information, including the URL to use tomorrow, will be mailed to the email you used during registration. |
Once you login during the VC you will automatically join a chat room with a generated name. Since we are expecting many attendees, I'd recommend you to use the nick command to assign yourself a name that is more easy to remember: to do that, type "/nick myNickname" (without quotes) at the chat window.
The response to the Virtual Conference has been very positive - I hope to see you online tomorrow. I'm specially looking forward to hearing from you in the chat room; a number of us will be there to try to answer your questions.
This is one of a series of resources and links related to the new GlassFish v3 release. Each entry starts with a section with key links; the resources are then grouped into categories.
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Technical Posts (Formatting needs some improvements)
Note I have split the resources and news links off from this GlassFish v3 Announcement into the first of one of a series of resources and links entries. The new arrangement is more manageable and also simplifies the creation of additional entries as more resources and news are posted on the release.
It has been 4 and a half years since we announced GlassFish during JavaOne 2005 (PR) and today we are making available our most important release: GlassFish v3 is now available for download!
Our first release was during JavaOne 2006, we released GlassFish v1, the first Java EE 5 compliant App Server (family overview) and the second generation of GlassFish came out in September 2007 (family overview). While still based on JavaEE 5, GFv2 leveraged on Sun's (too) long history of App Servers to add the benefits of an enterprise product (quality, performance, scalability) to those of an open source community (agility, ease of use, supportive teams, pricing).
While the transition between GlassFish v1 and v2 was evolutionary, the transition from v2 to v3 is a major change that includes a whole new set of JCP specifications, JavaEE 6, and a new modular, OSGi-based, architecture that expands significantly the applicability of GlassFish.
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We are hosting several events in the next few days; we hope to see many of you at our Virtual Conference on Dec 15th, and in one of our Community Parties. |
Below are lists of posts relevant to the launch and the release; they will be updated through the day to incorporate news as they happen. Updates will also be posted to @glassfish at Twitter. If you use Twitter we recommend you to use #glassfish to facilitate discovery. Some level of geotagging would help visualize the spread of the community.
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It's been a Hard Day's Night... - or rather years! - on the road towards GlassFish v3, so time to celebrate. We have several events planned - the one we announced today is a Virtual Conference on December 15, 2009 that will cover Java EE 6 and GlassFish v3. The event runs from 8am til 5pm (the times are Pacific Time but there will be replays). The agenda covers all the core JavaEE 6 specifications as well important GlassFish-specific features like OSGi, Dynamic Languages, Tooling, Grizzly and Monitoring and Management. Follow the link to register. The mail invitation went our this morning to the GlassFish registration list but I've not had a chance to post until now - if you register the next time you will get the first first :-) |
Finally, if you are close to Santa Clara, Burlington, or Bangalore, also reserve the 16th afternoon for a party...
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Roberto tweeted and blogged soon after the news broke: all the remaining Java EE 6 JSRs passed the final ballot. For the umbrella spec the result is 12 YES, 2 abstain, 1 No - details for all of them : Java EE 6, Servlet 3.0, EJB 3.1, JPA 2.0, CDI, Connectors 1.6. Congratulation to Roberto and to all the spec leads, EG members and to all the community participants for this most important milestone! Added - Voting Tally for all specs. |
Coverage so far :
• The new EE ecosystem (Gavin King, CDI Spec Lead). Check also the comments to his earlier post.
• JCP Approves Java EE 6 Specification (Artima)
• Java EE 6 receives approval (InfoWorld)
• Le JCP approuve Java EE 6 (LeMagIT)
• Java EE 6 findet eingeschränkte Zustimmung (heise online)
• Java EE 6 прошла стандартизацию (CyberSecurity.ru)
• Ya ha sido aprobado Java EE 6 (IDG.es)
• Java EE 6 Spec Finalized and Approved (JavaLobby)
• La spécification Java EE 6 votée à une large majorité (01net)
As Roberto wrote in his entry, "The final release will happen on December 10, when GlassFish v3 will be available". The specifications become final when the corresponding TCKs and RIs are delivered and that is the target date. Exciting times ahead!
