What is GlassFish?

• The Java™ Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE 5) reference implementation built by an open source community as a production-ready platform. Members include Sun, Ericsson (Sailfin Project for SIP), Oracle (Toplink Essentials Java Persistence community), and private individuals

• Provides the basis for the Java EE 5 Software Developer Kit and the Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server

What is new and exciting with GlassFish?

•More than 7000 members of the GlassFish community are building a free, open source, commercial-grade application server implementing new Java EE 5 software features

•Strong adoption: Over 4.5 million downloads in last 12 months, supported by more than 100 applications and frameworks

• Ideal for development: quick to start, low resource consumption, fast directory-based deployment

• Enterprise ready: fastest open source application server, with clustering and centralized administration

• Project Metro (metro.dev.java.net): a complete Web services stack with .NET 3.0 web services interoperability

• Open Message Queue: a scalable, highly available, and production-ready Java Message Service (JMS) implementation

•GlassFish Update Center for automated download and installation of additional product components and their updates

What are the licensing terms?

Available under both the Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL) and GNU Public License (GPL V2 with the Classpath Exception) to maximize compatibility with other open source middleware projects and with GNU/Linux distributions

What other technologies are included in Project GlassFish?

•Java API for XML Processing (JAXP), Streaming API for XML (StAX) 1.0, Java API for XML-based RPC (JAX-RPC) 1.1

• FastInfoset, Java API for XML Registries (JAXR), SOAP with Attachments API for Java (SAAJ), XML Web Services Security (XWSS), Java Web Services Developer Pack, plus five related projects

• Persistence technologies: Enterprise JavaBeans™ (EJB™) 3.0, Java Persistence 1.0

• Web application component standards: JavaServer™ Faces (JSF) 1.2, Servlet 2.5, JavaServer Pages™ (JSP) 2.1

• Web services APIs: WSIT, Java API for Web Services (JAX-WS) 2.1, Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) 2.1 and many other new or updated technologies

How do I get involved?

• Go to www.glassfish.org to become part of the GlassFish community

• Download the source, build the application server, deploy it, develop on it, even redistribute it

• Contribute fixes and features and help shape the future of the GlassFish implementation

How do I get involved?

• Go to www.glassfish.org to become part of the GlassFish community

• Download the source, build the application server, deploy it, develop on it, even redistribute it

• Contribute fixes and features and help shape the future of the GlassFish implementation

What tools can be used with GlassFish?

•NetBeans™ is used to build GlassFish binaries; a community-supported Eclipse plug-in is available; MyEclipse supports GlassFish; IntelliJ web services plugin

What databases are supported?

•Java DB, based on Apache Derby; Oracle 8, 9, and 10; MySQL (after 2005); PostgreSQL; MSSQL 2005

Where can I get more information and support?

•The GlassFish Community: www.glassfish.org

• The Aquarium: blogs.sun.com/theaquarium

• GlassFish Support: www.sun.com/service/applicationserversubscriptions/index.jsp

• NetBeans: www.netbeans.org

• Sun Open Source Initiatives: www.sun.com/opensource

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