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RedHat completes JBoss Acquisition
RedHat today announced the completion of the acquisition of JBoss; RedHat's goal with this acquisition is "to create a complete, end-to-end open source solution across the IT life cycle, from application development to testing and certification to production deployment." JBoss will become a distint division within RedHat and its open source projects and it's brand will be maintained.
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Abdera: Possible ROME Merger to form single Java Syndication stack
The Java community might soon have a single coherent stack for doing any form of syndication, by merging the efforts and contributions from all the key contributors in the field. Discussions have emerged between the creators of IBM's Atom Reference Implementation code, the ROME community, and others about merging into a new Apache project called Abdera.
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JBoss after Redhat
People have been wondering what is going on at JBoss and what the soon-to-close Redhat acquisition will mean for the company. ZDNet interviewed JBoss CEO / Founder Marc Fleury recently; summarizing the responses: there will be no change in direction, JBoss aims to commoditize the SOA space, a new ESB product is in the works, open source java would be nice, and JBoss is better than WebSphere CE.
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Benefits and Challenges of Open Source for Agile Teams
Open source technologies have had a positive impact on both the development and runtime environments of software applications - teams find they are better able to deliver expected functionality within timeframes acceptable to stakeholders. But open source is different, and Jeff Hodson has written about how an architecture-centric approach can help address some valid developer concerns.