I am sure that Jeremy was just joking but I do appreciate this honest and business like assessment. This gives me great confidence, actually, in Geronimo. I will follow the guidelines suggested here.
On 6/17/05, Aaron Mulder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 17 Jun 2005, someone wrote: > > > Is Geronimo ready for prime time, like JBoss, or is that a while off? > > > > <flamebait>Unlike JBoss, yes</flamebait> > > WTF? Look, I definitely don't want to start that kind of > attitude. If we're going to compete with any other app server, it has to > be on its merits. I think a superficial examination shows this comment to > be total bullshit. JBoss is certified, has actual releases, and supports > major features that Geronimo doesn't. Geronimo embodies some good ideas > and some good code, but IMHO it's nowhere near competing with any app > server. > > I would like to be there. I think we're making great progress. > But really, we have a ways to go. Let's not start with insults we're not > prepared to back up! > > So I'm pretty sure the comment was pure humor, but I think it's > all to easy to take out of context, and we'd be better off leaving the > "hot air" to others. > > In any case, a pretty important fact was left out of this reply -- > namely that Geronimo has not yet reached a 1.0 release, and the most > recent milestone release (7 months ago?) has some *serious* flaws. Our > "unstable" releases and SVN code are pretty good, and probably even "very > good" in areas like the web container, but still lack key functionality > and ease of use features. I would definitely recommend that people check > out an unstable build if they're interested, but I personally wouldn't > recommend that anyone plan to use it for serious work yet. But back to > the original poster, if you look at the road map thread that's been going > on recently, you can see some of the things we think are missing, and > consider for yourself how important those things are to you. > > Aaron > > P.S. Let's add a page to the web site listing companies providing support > for Geronimo. It does add credibility, they deserve the publicity, and it > would prevent needless plugs on the mailing list. > > > <plug>You can even get support http://www.gluecode.com</plug> > > > > > By the way, thanks for these helpful responses. Very much > > > appreciated. Also, does Geronimo like JBoss incorporate a web > > > container/server like Tomcat or does Geronimo do it all? > > > > > > > There are both Jetty and Tomcat based implementation of the web > > container service. These use other Geronimo services such as > > transactions, security, database pooling, ... > > > > -- > > Jeremy > > >
