JBoss to Apply for Official J2EE Certification

Jonboy X writes "CNet has an article detailing the resolution of a long-standing feud between open-source J2EE server vendor JBoss and Sun. It seems they've decided to break down and shell out the clams to be certified by Sun. Quoth Bob Bickel, JBoss's vice president of corporate development and strategy: 'Our core base of developers, a lot of them say they don't give a damn...But the reality is that a lot of big companies who are using this are moving into production.' JBoss gives away its server software and survives on support contracts."

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When are Java developers going to wake up?

[Paul Bain]

When are Java developers going to wake up and realize that Sun Microsystems is irrelevant because Sun does not understand the open source revolution? Some developers (e.g., Jason Hunter, author of the O'Reilly on Java servlets) apparently have already done so, but most seem to continue to think that Sun's views on Java are important and relevant. Certain large IT companies have apparently already awakened, too. For example, IBM did not bother to rent a booth at this year's "Java One" convention, Sun's annual Java shindig, suggesting that IBM understands that Sun is now irrelevant and that Java can (and, perhaps, should) evolve without Sun's continued domineering.