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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."

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  1. The enemy of their enemy... by brasten · · Score: 5, Insightful

    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.