Looks good w/ the changes proposed by Dims and Kevan.
Regards,
Alan
Matt Hogstrom wrote:
All,
I have included a preliminary shot at the Press Release for Geronimo
1.1. This is a draft and needs your input.
The areas where I think we might need some wordsmithing is the 1.5
support.
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Apache Software Foundation Announces Release of
Apache Geronimo Version 1.1
Usability and Configuration Improvements Mean Users Need Less Knowledge
To Configure and Deploy J2EE Applications
(City, State) June xx, 2006 -- The Apache Software Foundation is
pleased to announce the release of Apache Geronimo Version 1.1, a
completely open source, high performance application server from the
Apache community. The release continues the J2EE certification path
led by the previous version of Geronimo, providing a fully compliant
and usable J2EE container suitable for everything from development to
Enterprise deployments.
Apache Geronimo v1.1 introduces several structural changes improving
scalability, portability and overall organization, as well as
including new features and functionality. Enhancements have been made
to the administration console including memory utilization graphics
and plugins to improve usability. JDK 1.5 support is included, and
improvements have been made to the innovative configuration and
administration/plug-in architecture.
Whereas the previous version offered a full J2EE configuration, v1.1
includes a “Little G” configuration, a smaller footprint web-oriented
version of Geronimo that can be scaled up to JMS or full J2EE using
plug-ins as users’ needs change. The addition of Little G provides an
option for those who want to use Geronimo for lightweight applications
without the additional installation overhead.
On of the main goals of Geronimo is flexibility. Geronimo should be
flexible enough to include what users want and need. Apache Geronimo
already offers a modular architecture that makes it easy to create
custom distributions with custom feature sets. With v1.1, we (the
Apache Geronimo Team) looked at users’ needs and added even more
features to benefit those needs, increase functionality, and extend
usability.
The flexible, easy to use, and easy-to-configure app server is built
from best-of-breed open source components and is fully licensed under
the business-friendly Apache Software License offering multiple
benefits to organizations and their development teams. The software is
available for download from the Apache Geronimo web site
(http://geronimo.apache.org/).
About the Apache Software Foundation
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financial support for a broad range of open source software projects.
The Foundation provides an established framework for intellectual
property and financial contributions that simultaneously limits
contributors' potential
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Apache Software Foundation, please visit
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