There's a discussion going on on the Microprofile group, that I think it would interest anyone involved with messaging systems:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/microprofile/slv8lk_1smU/HFcdlhWiAwAJ With Oracle recently withdrawing JMS 2.1 they have pretty much declared the end of future developments for the API, unless someone move JMS outside of the JCP. (Unlikely)... and honestly something new would be better now IMO. I'm not saying this is the replacement, but this could be something nice for users and implementors (us).