The Aquarium: News from the GlassFish Community

Sep 07

22

Gartner on GlassFish v2
Posted by pelegri in GlassFish

Analysist reports from our GlassFish v2 FCS launch are beginning to appear. Quoting from Gartner's report:

Sun and the GlassFish open-source community have delivered the first production-scale open-source Java EE 5 application server. This challenges the dominance of market leaders like Red Hat and IBM.

Note that the analyst identifies GlassFish as challenging the leaders of the open source market (JBoss) and the enterprise market (WebSphere); we are seeing plenty of evidence of this with our own (new) customers. But we have seen no impact from the WebSphere CE branding of Geronimo - which just adds an entry-level offering unrelated to IBM's enterprise-quality product.

Additional Coverage

Earlier reports from the GlassFish v2 FCS announcements are here: [day 1], [day 2], [day 3], [day 4] and [day 5]. Late additions are below:

• GlassFish v2 ya se vende como ApplicationServer 9.1 (Jaime Cid - in Spanish)
• Sun Delivers First Open-Source Java EE 5 Application Server (Gartner)
• Glassfish v2 publicado (PortalJava.COM, in portuguese)
• Glassfish v2: Update Center and port 4848 Web Admin are cool, but... (Mark Watson)
• GlassFish : Version 2.0 UR1 Released, Clustering, HA, Metro WS and more. (Charles Ditzel)
• GlassFish V2: The start of something great (John Clingan)
• GFv2 Headlines (Java Posse)
• Top 10 Resources for GlassFish (chinmayee)

Sep 07

21

Friday GlassFish v2 News Roundup
Posted by pelegri in GlassFish

Last summary of news reports on the release of GlassFish v2 FCS. Also see day 1, day 2, day 3 and day 4.

Expect a highlights recap sometime during the weekend - time permitting.

Added: Also see [day 6].

• Portlet Container 2.0 beta is now available in the new Java Application Platform SDK Update 3 beta
• WSRP 1.0 Beta part of Java Application Platform SDK Update 3 Beta release
• Metro 1.0 disponible
• GlassFish v2 (aka SJS Application Server 9.1) (Danilo - in Italian)
• Sun upgrades GlassFish, slashes Java support price (Network World)
• MacOS build available (Sofotex - Mac Downloads
• Netbeans 6.0b1 with Glassfish v2 FCS - and still no smoke (Adam)
• GlassFish Hits Next Major Rev (Java Developers Journal)
• Glassfish V2, Open Source Java Platform Enterprise Edition Released (Technamyte)
• Development Bonanza Brings New Ruby, PHP, Java Tools (ChannelWeb Network)
• Sun Introduces the Next Major Version of the Open Source Java EE 5 (GlassFish V2) Application Server (eChannel News)
• NetBeans 6.0 Beta 1 (ZeroSum)

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Sep 07

19

Thursday GlassFish v2 News Roundup
Posted by pelegri in GlassFish

Here are some of the news related to our GlassFish v2 launch from the last day or so. Also check day 1, day 2 and day 3.

Added: Also see [day 5] and [day 6].

Current plan is to do a recap of the responses over the weekend and then go back to our normal reporting.

• GlassFish v2 (JSolutions.se - Sweden)
• Sun atualiza seu servidor de aplicações (Maurício Martins Marques - Brazil)
• GlassFish v2 Ships (Enterprise Architecture)
• GlassFish 2 vs. Tomcat 6 (Matt Raible)
• GlassFish v2 (Jars.de)
• Sun veröffentlicht GlassFish V2 (Der Entwickler)
• Glassfish v2 mit Cluster-Funktion (Golem.de)
• Glassfish v2 mit Cluster-Funktion (Speedmeter.de)
• Suns versterkt Java-applicatieserver (ActueelNieuswOnline.NL)
• Релиз открытого Java EE 5 сервера приложений GlassFish V2 (OpenNet.RU)
• La version majeure Glassfish v2 est disponible (Develppez.COM, France)
• Sun : le retour du serveur d'applications GlassFish en version 2 (Silicon.FR, France)
• Java EE 5 SDK Update 3 (SDN'sider)

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Sep 07

19

Wednesday GlassFish v2 News Roundup
Posted by pelegri in GlassFish

Added: This entry includes coverage for day 3; also see: [day 1], [day 2], [day 3], [day 4], [day 5] and [day 6].

One more (partial) roundup of news following the release of GlassFish v2 FCS.

Earlier roundups are here and here. I may do another roundup on Thursday and a recap over the weekend.

News

• GlassFish v2 and Phobos (Roberto)
• GlassFish v2 (Suveen)
• Tuesday Roundup (in japanese) (ogino)
• Sun lanciert Glassfish in Version 2 (Infoweek Online (CH))
• GlassFish V2 and Sun Java System[TM] Application Server 9.1 Available for Download Today (Paul)
• Java System Application Server 9.1 ebenfalls verfügbar (JUG Hamburg)
• Sun Introduces Next Major Version of Open Source Java EE 5, GlassFish V2, Application Server (All American Patriots)
• Sun Lures Developers With GlassFish Release (Legion Tech)

Special Mention

• Switched! (Dave Switches from Tomcat)
• Fish Genealogy (Rich Teaches History)
• Sun Release Roundup: A Jam-Packed Release Week (JavaLobby does their own recap)

Collections of Entries

• Provisiong GlassFish In the Enteprise (Alexis, collection of 3 entries)
• Metro 1.0 News Roundup (Eduardo, pointing to 5 entries)

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Sep 07

18

GlassFish - You Have Come a long way baby
Posted by pelegri in GlassFish

David has very kind words about our GlassFish v2 launch yesterday. You might dismiss them as "he is just a Sun employee..." but I actually find them even more powerful because he is a Sun employee not in the GlassFish team, and came through an acquisition. Check out his writeup and judge by yourself.

Other comments at Monday's Launch Roundup and in Tuesday's Update.

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Sep 07

18

The Trouble with Tribbles -- Tuesday GlassFish v2 News Roundup
Posted by pelegri in GlassFish

Added: This entry includes coverage for day 2; also see: [day 1], [day 2], [day 3], [day 4], [day 5] and [day 6].

Note to self: file under "lessons learned" and "problems I'd like to have"...

My original plan for reporting on the release of GlassFish v2 FCS had been to provide an in-place update to a News Roundup but we have had so many reports that a better approach would have been to provide several updates through the day, plus daily updates and a recap at the end.

Anyhow, learning, below is a quick update at Tuesday morning. The list is partial - I'll try to really catch up for Wednesday morning; also, the original Launch Roundup grew a lot through Monday, so you may want to check it out also.

• Major Update to Sun's Open Source Java EE App Server (JavaLobby)
• What's really cool with GlassFish v2. (DZone)
• GlassFish V2 unveiled after success of GlassFish V1 ( Java Entrepreneur)
• Sun, GlassFish Release App Server Upgrade (IT Business Edge)
• Sun upgrades its open-source Java application server (ComputerWorld UK)
• GlassFish V2/9.1 FCS has been released (AMIS)
• Aplikasi GlassFish Menuju Enterprise (SDA Asia - Indonesia)
• Sun veröffentlicht Glassfish 2.0 (Heise Netze - Germany)
• GlassFish V2 released : A vote of thanks (Kumara)
• Glassfish v2 (OpenSSO)
• GlassFish v2 (Manju at Docs)
• Project GlassFish 2.0b58g Update (MacUpdate)
• GlassFish v2 / Java Application Platform SDK update 3 now available (Rajiv)
• GlassFish tuned for enterprise scale SOA performance (ZapThink)

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Sep 07

17

Global Online Purchasing of Support for SJS AS 9.1 (GFv2)
Posted by pelegri in GlassFish

YES! You can finally buy commercial Subscription-Based Support for Sun Java System Application Server 9.1, Sun's distribution of GlassFish v2. And it should work with your credit card globally!

The link is HERE. Do let us know if there encounter any problems.

A big Thank you! to John. You would not believe how long we have been trying to make this happen.