Jan Uhlir [https://community.jboss.org/people/espinosa_cz] created the discussion
"Re: Did JBPM 5+ drop jPDL support? Only BPMN?" To view the discussion, visit: https://community.jboss.org/message/649734#649734 -------------------------------------------------------------- Well, this explanation on StackOverflow is even more explaininig: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3545219/what-are-the-differences-between-jbpm-and-activiti-bpmn http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3545219/what-are-the-differences-between-jbpm-and-activiti-bpmn Citation from http://stackoverflow.com/users/252155/amir-moghimi Amir Moghimi remark: > ... > jBPM is quite a famous name in the Java workflow engine domain and you may be > surprised to hear that http://www.jboss.org/jbpm jBPM 5 is NOT the 5th > version of that infamous old jBPM engine! In fact, it is a re-branding of > another workflow engine developed by JBoss which was previously called > http://www.jboss.org/drools/drools-flow Drools Flow; and as the name > suggests, it was part of the Drools Rules Engine project, used as an > integrated workflow engine inside Drools. > > Actually, as far as I know, what has happened is that > http://www.blogger.com/profile/03067067751334471585 Tom Baeyens, who was the > founder of jBPM, and http://www.jorambarrez.be/blog/ Joram Barrez, who was a > jBPM core developer, have left JBoss/Red Hat (and hence, jBPM 4) and joined > Alfresco to start a new workflow engine: http://www.activiti.org/ Activiti. > So, JBoss has decided to stop further developing and maintaining jBPM 4 > code-base and started investing its resources on jBPM's in-house competitor, > Drools Flow. But they have re-branded it as jBPM 5 to use the existing > reputation and fame that jBPM has built up. Therefore, when we are talking > about jBPM 5, we are in fact talking about Drools Flow. > .... This actually explains it all. As I evaluting jBPM5 more and more, I have only to agree. There are more disturbing news: > Citing again from http://stackoverflow.com/users/252155/amir-moghimi Amir > Moghimi): > > Considering this little history, it's no surprise to see that jBPM 5 is a > completely different workflow engine compared to jBPM 4 with a totally > different API and documentation, lacking almost all the maturity and > community support existing on jBPM 4 > > Cheers Espinosa -------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message by going to Community [https://community.jboss.org/message/649734#649734] Start a new discussion in jBPM at Community [https://community.jboss.org/choose-container!input.jspa?contentType=1&containerType=14&container=2034]
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