FYI as many of us use J2EE technologies Additionally find an article here: http://www.theserverside.com/home/thread.jsp?thread_id=20763&article_cou nt=8
Cheers, Reinhard From: Greg Stein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 5:58 PM > > As you may have heard by now, the Apache Software Foundation > has initiated a project to develop an open source, > Apache-licensed implementation of the J2EE specification. In > addition, the project is committed to certifying the > implementation as J2EE compliant. This is an ambitious goal > and will present a formidable challenge for the people > involved, given the wide range of technologies covered by the > specification. > > The project (tentatively named "Apache Geronimo") builds upon > the many Java projects at the Apache Software Foundation. In > addition, the project is bringing together leading members of > the Castor, JBoss, MX4J and OpenEJB communities. We would > like to extend an open invitation to everyone involved in the > J2EE space, both commercial entities and talented > individuals, to join the community and build a world-class > J2EE implementation. > > The Apache Software Foundation is in a unique position to > build a J2EE compliant platform. Our non-profit, charity > status, and our relationship with Sun Microsystems, provides > the Foundation with access to the J2EE TCKs, making it > possible to achieve certification. In addition, our flexible > and unrestrictive licensing makes it possible for a wide > variety of participants to assist in the development of > Apache Geronimo, and to build their own solutions upon the platform. > > Apache Geronimo has been launched within the Apache > Incubator. You can find more information about the Incubator > at http://incubator.apache.org/. To find out more about this > project or if you would like to become involved, please send > email to the incubator mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > On behalf of the Apache Geronimo Team, > > Greg Stein, > Chairman of the Apache Software Foundation > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... ASF Chairman ... http://www.apache.org/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
