This is the first of our weekly news catch-up and covers Nov 1 to Nov 11, 2009. This week the news catch-up is partial; next week I'll create the entry through the week and will try to be more comprehensive. This week we also cover old news on JRuby and OSGi.

GlassFish and Middleware News

• IBM DeveloperWorks: Introducing Metro. Nice to see IBM refering to the GlassFish WebServices implementation as it is Used by Many, including IBM. Incidentally, the article triggered several internal and external threads on the topic, see for example: Broken Fault Handling in Metro.
• Subversion is now an Apache Incubator podling and same for LibCloud (from Apache incubator)
• New IzPack, and new GlassFish v2.1.1 installer (via alexismp)
• Sun's Financial results for Q3FY2010 are now available. The revenue for MiddleWare+MySQL are shown as a single entry and are (slightly) up, Year-to-Year (Y/Y); Java and OpenStorage are significantly up Y/Y; other segments are down Y/Y. Also check the numbers for previous quarters.
• IntelliJ IDEA 9 (Maia) goes Beta with full JavaEE 6 (and GlassFish v3) suport.
• Sun's to cut 3000 jobs.
• New record month in GlassFish GeoMap numbers (more details still to come).

Predicting our Systems Future

• Systems-related: New DTrace CheatSheet, Simple LB in OpenSolaris
• Latest installment in Chris's series on Reduced Install of OpenSolaris. The series deserves a spotlight...
• Dedup in ZFS. This is a big deal; DeDup is big $$ business.

From the past: OSGi in GlassFish (triggered by this thread):

• Sahoo has done a lot of work on the OSGi portion of GF; see his blogs on: Running GlassFish on Equinox (and other OSGi Platforms), OSGi enabled web applications inGlassFish, Developing Hybrid (OSGi + Java EE) applications in GlassFish and Our second hybrid application: EJB as OSGi Service and OSGi Declarative Service bundle in GlassFish.
• Also see Arun's note building on this work at GlassFish v3 with different OSGi runtimes – Felix, Equinox, and Knoplerfish

From the past: JRuby on GlassFish (triggered by this thread)

• From GF Wiki: Getting Started with JRuby on GF

I've added a couple of new twists to the coverage of GlassFish News at TheAquarium to do a better job while controlling our time investment:

• I've started posting short news posts to my twitter feed as I encounter them;    also tweeting are Frank, Giuseppe, Andi, Binod and AlexisMP. • Nobody is tweeting at TheAquarium, but...    if you want to follow the tweets from the editors, use @theaquarium/editors. • We will continue doing the usual spotlights posts as time permits, • I'll do a weekly summary of news uncovered in the spotlights,

I've also started using ScribeFire to reduce the cost of creating posts, but this should be transparent to the readers.

Reporting on news is a losing battle, but I'm hoping that this approach will keep TheAquarium the best source for news on the (larger) GlassFish community while giving the editors a bit more "free" time to invest in other tasks.

News Summary - Feb 25th to Mar 2nd, 2008

This week, the MySQL Acquisition Closed, LinuxInsider writes "Sun, Open Source Standard Bearer" and it is time for MySQL and Sun (Classic) to Learn From Each Other.

• MySQL and Sun Synergy - Industry Initiatives in Education and Health. • OpenDS - OpenDS 1.0 M1 • OpenSSO - Build 3 Available and InfoCard Extensions • Web.Next - Grizzly and JXTA and Better JSON in Jersey • GlassFish v2.1/SailFin - IzPak for SailFin and Vote on Bugs! • Towards JavaEE 6 - EJB 3.1 Early Draft • Web Services - SOAP Security • Misc - GF Jobs

And, finally, check out Where to Host Java and add your thoughts.

News Summary - Feb 18th to Feb 24th, 2008

• Future - GFv3 M2 is here!, Java EE 6 Profiles • Web.Next - Comet in GF, Social Software • Adoption - RTL (#1 Radio in France), CarreFour (#2 Retailer in World) • Calling All Startups! - Startup Essentials • OpenDS - RoadMap and VirtualBox • Presentations - Jazoon, Athens • Misc - Updated WS Page

News Summary - Feb 11th to Feb 17th, 2008

• JavaOne - GF Get Together • Bundles - Liferay and GF Gem, IzPack • Stack Me! - More Ohloh, • GF v3 - GFv3 M2, GF v3 Gem, JSF 2.0 • Web.Next - Apache Abdera, Jersey and Rome, JRuby 1.1 RC2 • DS - Install and Config • Clustering - Learning Shoal • Awards Program - Hudson, SIP • Expanding - Innotek, Student Portal, Migrate from JBoss, Wiseman

News Summary - Feb 4th to Feb 10th, 2008

• GF Adoption - New GeoMap, Download Numbers, StackMe! and Migrating • And OpenOffice Adoption - Top CNET Download • OpenSSO - 4TRESS Authentication Module and SDN Interview • Web.Next - Jersey UC and Client API and Podcast • JSF - Component Libraries • New Releases - NB 6.0.1 and Java AppPlatform SDK and SXDE 1/08, • And More Releases - Grails 1.0 and GlassFish ML • Misc - Liferay Experience and Sun Tech Days at Hyderabad

News Summary - Jan 27th to Feb 3rd, 2008

• Community - Last Call for CommunityOne! and Awards Program &bull Hudson - News Roundup • Web Services - REST (Jersey and Spring) and JAX-WS Prezo • Scripting - Vivek's New Job! and Mediacast site Now Built with JRuby • Deployments - GlassFish in a Zone, • MySQL - First release of Maria • Sun - BlackBox is Shipping! • Future of GlassFish - CheatSheet for v3, Starting with HK2 - Part I and Part II • Portal - More Comments on LifeRay on GF

A slow week; I was still catching up from the Trip to Orlando. • GF Community - New IzPack Installer and GreenFire • HowTo - Combining JMX and Management in GlassFish • New Portal Bundles - Liferay 4.4.0 and GlassFish • Community Programs - Grants Program and Registration Page • Web.Next - GlassFish and Ruby Meetup

• Sun and MySQL Welcome Aboard!, Reactions, More Reactions • Access Control - ANYONE Access, Policy Project, Usng OpenSSO • Web Services - Maven Plug-in, Jersey 0.5, Tango in Chinese • Oracle & BEA - Oracle and BEA • Admin and Mangerment - VisualVM • Communiy - Paul Sterk, GF @ Hyderabad • Adoption - Heard on the Web • Misc - Migrate!, SailFin and NB 6.1

I've not done a Weekly since Dec 23rd due to the Holiday Break (Bon Nadal!). Many people Took the Break but the is still plenty of content:

• Hudson - News Roundup, Works Like a Charm and You can Help. • Web.Next - jMaki with Jersey, Social Network Bundle and a RESTful Toolkit • HowTo - Using Metro, LifeRay, Continuum, Spring 2.5 and Mod_Proxy • Advocacy - New GUG, Atlanta and Sydney, Comet and Grizzly Slides and the GAP Program • Adoption - Kind Words, December Stats and GF blogs Around the World • Ready for Production - Overwiew, Migration and new SPECweb2005 Record • Future - GFv3 Map, New gem and Podcast, HK2 and NB6 and Sailfin M3 • New Releases - JDK 6 U4 and JSF Components from Woodstock and Manor Rock • Misc - A Troubleshooting Guide and Reducing CO2

The big news was the Release of GFv2UR1 (Rate it!) but there were many other news:

• Web Services - Dynamic WADL, Metro Releases, JAX-WS Handlers • Web.Next - jMaki 1.0.3, and GWT • Community - IzPack ([1], [2]), Debian, Fix-and-Continue, Localization • Many Releases - Grizzly 1.7, JAXB 2.1.6, Social Network • Adoption - Banking on GlassFish • Telco - SailFin Toolin

• Feedback - JPA Providers, GF Installation Experienc • Events - Facebook Groups, JW Article, C1 Submissions, GF Day in Sydney • OpenSSO - Build 2 Available • Future Previews - Metro 1.1, New GFv3 Builds • Web Tier - Session Identity for Mobile Devices • Web.Next - JRuby in the Update Center • Infrastructure - Shoal Article

• Metro - Training, Metro on Sun WebServer, Security • Adoption - In a word: Wow!, new GeoMap • Performance and HA - Apache as Load Balancer, Tuning • Tools - Podcast, NB6 is OUT! • Web.Next - Roller 4, Q&A on jMaki, JRuby and Metro • Community - Awards Program, Update Center contest, Mojarra • GFv3 - Wishlist for Docs

• Community: Closing on Tomcat?, New SCA, Hudson Podcast, GF@FOSS.IN • Real-Life Stories: GF at the Airport • GF Know-How: SSL, Provisioning, Seam and Maven • Experimental: Alternate Mac JVM • Comet: with IceFaces, with DWR • SailFin: ATT's ECharts • OpenESB on JavaSE and JBoss; New OpenDS Build

• This was ThanksGiving week in the US; need a A Holiday Gift? • Hudson Recap: Goodies and Happy Users • Developing GlassFish: New FAQ • Mix with GF: AspecJ and JXInsight, Hibernate, Facelets and Maven • Big News: New SPEC Post (more details tomorrow) • Performance and Adoption: Grizzly and Jetty, OpenSSO, Liferay and GF • Be Productive: JSF Components, Web Services