Ottime notizie da IBM. E’ stato annunciato l’imminente rilascio di una versione Open dell’application server J2ee targato IBM.
WebSphere Application Server: Community Edition (WAS CE) è basato su Apache Geronimo l’application server J2EE open source. Ecco alcune caratteristiche:

Key features:

• J2EE 1.4 certification (with support for IBM and Sun JDKs)
• Eclipse plug-in for creating, deploying, and debugging your WebSphere Application Server Open Edition applications
• Support for Apache Tomcat
• Integrated IBM Cloudscape database for supported use in development and production
• Database support for Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and MySQL
• Runtime customization
• User management
• Centralized configuration and control through administrative console (tech preview)
• Migration aids from Gluecode Standard Edition, Apache Geronimo, and Apache Tomcat
• Convenient access to product binaries and source code

Questa mosso, sembra concludere una operazione cominciata a Maggio di quest’anno con l’acquisizione di Glucode che mira a fornire in modalità open le “foundation” software per potersi concentrare sullo sviluppo delle varie verticalizzazioni (Portal, Commerce, CRM etc).

Spero di poterlo provare quanto prima.

http://www-306.ibm.com/software/info1/websphere/index.jsp?tab=landings/was-ce

http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-ag-cosbybuck/