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IBM buys Gluecode

Posted by samzenpus on from the buy-it-all dept.

karvind writes "After acquisition of Ascential, Big Blue has bought the application management firm Gluecode. From the article: IBM plans to allow its customers to download Gluecode software, develop their own application server software, and begin using it -- all at no cost. IBM also said it will become an active contributor to the Apache Geronimo open source project and will expand the existing community of developers."

2 of 81 comments (clear)

  1. Why not use JBOSS? by Armatich_Defiant · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    If you are wanting a free J2EE application server, why not use http://www.jboss.org/?

    What am I missing here?

    Def

  2. Re:*Business* Competition == redundancy and waste by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The problem is that JBoss is, to a large extent, a pile of fetid dingo's kidneys, and JBoss Inc. seems to do everything it can to discourage people from wanting to help improve it.