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Invitation: Join in Apache J2EE Efforts

Invitation: Join in Apache J2EE Efforts
By Apache News Desk
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August 5, 2003 04:00 PM EDT
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(August 5, 2003) - The Apache Software Foundation has initiated a project to develop an open source, Apache-licensed implementation of the J2EE specification. In addition, the project is committed to certifying the implementation as J2EE compliant. This ambitious goal will present a challenge for those involved, given the wide range of technologies covered by the specification.

The project (tentatively named "Apache Geronimo") builds upon the many Java projects at the Apache Software Foundation. The project brings together leading members of the Castor, JBoss, MX4J, and OpenEJB communities. The Foundation invites everyone in the J2EE space, both commercial entities and talented individuals, to join the community and build a world-class J2EE implementation.

"The Apache Software Foundation is in a unique position to build a J2EE compliant platform," notes Greg Stein, chairman of the Apache Software Foundation. "Our non-profit charity status and our relationship with Sun Microsystems provides the Foundation with access to the J2EE TCKs, making it possible to achieve certification. In addition, our flexible and unrestrictive licensing makes it possible for a wide variety of participants to assist in the development of Apache Geronimo, and to build their own solutions upon the platform," he continues.

Apache Geronimo has been launched within the Apache Incubator. You can find more about the Incubator at http://incubator.apache.org/. To find out more about this project or if you would like to become involved, send an e-mail to the incubator mailing list: general@incubator.apache.org

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Muhammad Ashikuzzaman 08/13/03 09:10:34 AM EDT

I would love to be a part of this great team providing 10 hours a week. Waiting for some starter kits. :)

--Ashik
David Wall 08/12/03 08:17:35 PM EDT

To all those posters who say they want to participate, I hope you also followed the following instructions listed in the story:

"To find out more about this project or if you would like to become involved, send an e-mail to the incubator mailing list: general@incubator.apache.org"

Sounds very cool to me, but I wonder how long it will take to get it going? Would the effort be from scratch, or could it start with JBoss/OpenEJB or whatever else?

David
Giridhar Pottepalem 08/12/03 10:12:22 AM EDT

All,

I always used to wonder - how come Apache has no initiative on J2EE specification implementations. Happy and excited to know about this and looking forward for its first release. I have around 13 years of IT design and development experience with a six year C++ and four year J2EE and XML.

I would love to be part of it.

Regards,
Giri
Sudhir Rao 08/12/03 08:44:08 AM EDT

I have over 11 years of experience and would like to devote my time for this endeavor.

Thanks
Sudhir
Marco 08/12/03 02:23:46 AM EDT

hi all,
i have over 4 years experience of java/j2ee/xml plus castor experience,jmx,j2me and jboss.
i would love to be part of the team.

regards
marco
Kamran Khan 08/12/03 01:29:45 AM EDT

Hi All,

I have over 6 years of experience with J2EE I would also like to be part of the design and development team.

thanks
Kamran
Sugi S Narayana 08/12/03 01:07:50 AM EDT

Hi,

Sounds pretty interesting to me!

With more than 6 years of Java/CORBA/J2EE experience, I would be more than happy to participate in its design & development activities.

Count on me Buddy!!!

Cheers,
Sugi S Narayana
Rajagopal Natesamudali 08/11/03 08:53:36 PM EDT

Hi,

I find this really exiting. I have more than 6 years of Java Experience. Also I have nearly 3 years.

I want to participate actively in all the development efforts.

Thanks a lot.

Regards
Raja. N