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IBM buys Gluecode
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."
I know. We should all just use JBoss and ignore any other attempt to make an open source Java application server. Competition is a terrible thing to have in any market, and should be discouraged at every opportunity.
Charles
The more I learn about the Internet, the more amazed I am that it works at all.
Of course they would support Apache Geronimo. It's in IBM's best financial interest to protect WebSphere, and protecting WebSphere means not allowing JBoss to become the de facto open-source AppServer standard. At the same time time, they want to appear friendly to open-source to attract developers.
So, they support Apache Geronimo to compete with JBoss.
"I think they really understand what our computer and tech culture is becoming."
Yeah they sure do. It's a source of great income for those with deep pockets like Dell, Microsoft, and IBM. IBM is just leveraging their power to stay alive and grow. They invested heavily in Linux from a number of angles to benefit themselves first and the rest of us second. I don't have a problem with their methodology, just pointing out that their the primary benefactor of the technology they purchase and open up like this.
Few good companies (read: IBM) fire 13,000 people to save money. They fire 13,000 people who are mediocre, under-performing, or difficult to work with and instead make the mass firings the result of an "economic downturn".
Makes it easier on the employee getting fired (less insult to injury) and also reduces the likelihood of a law suit (harder to demonstrate discrimination).
Then they turn around and hire 13,000 people who are (hopefully) exceptional, and though the net employee count is unchanged, the average employee competency has grown.
Right.
That's the difference between IBM and Microsoft.
As IBM betters its fortunates, it gives us free stuff.
As Microsoft betters its fortunes, it gives us, oh, DRM, viruses, BSOD, ever increasing fees, endless FUD and BS from Gates, etc. ad nauseum.
Richard Steven Hack - This sig is TOO GODDAMN SHORT TO DO ANYTHING USEFUL WITH! MORONS!
That's correct, IBM's J9 Java Virtual Machine is a cleanroom implementation so it has absolutely no code from Sun. It's actually the successor to OTI's K8, a Smalltalk VM. And if you didn't know OTI was bought by IBM many years ago.
IBM has campaining for open source J2SE.
Right.
When Classpath is turning almost compliant, Apache tries to help it's accepance by requesting them to move the code to the Apache Licence.
Not true. Apache Harmony is an effort for an Apache VM. They haven't decided yet if that means writing their own from scratch or adopting one.
They haven't decided yet if they're going to use GNU Classpath either. Although it is very, very likely.
Apache has not requested that Classpath change its license. Firstly because they haven't decided to use it yet. Secondly because there is no percived reason to; So far noone has brought up any reason to belive the Classpath license is incompatible with the Apache one.
What has happened is that the Classpath hackers have said that if they chose to use Classpath, and if there is some minor problem with the license, then they will be prepared to tweak the license as to be compatible. But relicensing the code under the Apache license has not come up.
In any case. It's not about supporting Classpath or IBM. It's about their own self-interest. Apache has more Open Source java code than any other single entity out there. Why would they not want a Open Source JVM to run it on?
They know what they're doing. They're shifting more from selling software to selling software services. Think of the way Redhat makes money off of a free OS. Businesses (especially the bigger ones) that need support will most likely turn to those that develop the application suite they're using.
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