It figures...

Wouldn't you know it, one day after I write an entry about how development on JBoss' app server seems to be crawling, they release a new beta version of the 5.0 series! I figured that would happen, although my comments still hold true -- JBoss AS 5 is still in beta, and as far as I know, it has not been Java EE 5 certified (I could be wrong on that -- please correct me if I am)...

They've indicated that this is the last beta version before it reaches General Availability -- let's hope it gets to that point soon!

M

Um... Has anyone seen JBoss?

Ok, can anyone explain why JBoss seams to have dropped off the map? The 5.0 version of the JBoss Application Server has been in beta for over a year! What's going on? I see a lot of the JBoss folks active in blogs and articles, but JBoss appears to be one of the only major server vendor who has not released Java EE 5 compliant server -- for God's sake, even WebSphere has a Java EE 5 server (although to be fair, it appears to only be their community edition -- still, WebSphere has a history of being 2-3 years behind the most recent spec, and even they seem to have made more progress)...

A lot of development seems to be going into Seam and Hibernate, which are both great products, but the Application Server has to be considered JBoss' bread and butter product... what's going on?

I will say that I've been using the JEE 5 features that are in the 4.2 version for some time, and they are solid -- why hasn't JBoss been able to take that next step with their server and achieve compliance? The lack of progress here has definitely made me think twice before recommending the server...

M