I'm obviously biased, but one summup I tend to use is: "GlassFish is
WebLogic Features and Performance at JBoss's price".
Except that we really shooting for better Features and Performance than
WebLogic :-)
- eduard/o
Alexis Moussine-Pouchkine wrote:
> Hello Wojtek,
>
> So obviously the following is a little biased but I'm sure you
> expect that since you're asking a GlassFish mailing list. Also,
> you would probably need to describe your project a little more
> in order to get a more detailed answer. Java EE 5 is just very
> large and GlassFish has a lot to offer in may areas.
>
> Having said this:
> - GlassFish is on it's way to deliver the second version of a
> Java EE 5 compliant product (most likely in September). JBoss
> is not yet Java EE 5 compliant (I understand version 5 will be).
> Being the reference implementation makes GlassFish ideal to
> learn Java EE 5 also with tutorials, samples and tools all up
> to speed with Java EE 5.
>
> - If you intend to use web services, I believe Metro (the name
> of the stack grouping together JAX-WS, JAXB and WSIT) has great
> performance, usability, and extensibility. See
> http://wiki.apache.org/ws/StackComparison and
> http://weblogs.java.net/blog/kohsuke/archive/2007/02/jaxws_ri_21_ben.html
>
> - On the administration side of things, both the Web Console and
> the CLI are fully featured and often cited as a big plus for
> GlassFish.
>
> - Overall we believe to have a product with very good performance
> out of the box (thanks to Grizzly and many other enhancements
> throughout the application server).
>
> There a are probably other things worth mentioning but you would
> need to provide some details on your project/application goals
> first.
>
> Have a look at the "Stories" blog to see why and how others are
> using GlassFish in production: http://blogs.sun.com/stories .
>
> cheers,
> -Alexis
>
>
>
> glassfish_at_javadesktop.org wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I will be developing a new project shortly, but I still do not know
>> which application server to choose.
>>
>> There are many Glassfish vs. JBoss comparisons, but I did not find any
>> recent one.
>>
>> What are the main pros and cons for Glassfish/JBoss for today?
>> Which one would you reccomend for a semilarge project for a person
>> starting its adventures with JEE5?
>>
>> Thanks for replies in advance.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> WB.
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